SS Celtic (1872)

Celtic in the River Mersey
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Celtic
Namesake	Celtic Sea
Owner	White Star Line
Route	Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York City
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast; Engines by George Forrester and Company, Liverpool
Yard number	79
Laid down	as Arctic
Launched	18 June 1872
Completed	17 October 1872
Maiden voyage	24 October 1872
Fate	Sold to the Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen on 6 April 1893
Denmark
Name	SS Amerika
Owner	Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen
Route	Copenhagen - Christiania (Oslo) - Christiansand - New York City
Acquired	6 April 1893
In service	27 May 1893
Out of service	September 1897
Fate	Scrapped at Brest in 1898
General characteristics
Class and type	Oceanic-class ocean liner
Tonnage	3,867 gross register tons
Length	437.2 ft (133.3 m)
Beam	40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Installed power	Steam
Propulsion	Single screw
Sail plan	Four masts (rigged for sail)
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity	166 1st- and 1,000 3rd-class passengers
Notes	Iron construction, single funnel

SS Celtic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff of Belfast.

The Celtic, the first of two White Star ships to bear the name, was the last of six Oceanic-class liner commissioned by White Star; she and her older sister Adriatic were ordered following the success of what was originally a series of four.