SS Baltic (1871)

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• Pacific (1871 )
• Veendam (1888 )

Company registration number: 65877

The RMS Baltic (I) was put into service in 1871 passenger ship in the British shipping company White Star Line, which was built for the transatlantic passenger service between Liverpool and New York. The Baltic was from 1873 to 1875 the fastest ship on the North Atlantic and thus a recipient of the coveted Blue Ribbon. 1888 the ship was sold and in 1898 it sank after a collision with a ship wreck.

The ship

The 3707 -ton steamship RMS Baltic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was launched on March 8, 1871 as the Pacific from the deck. The 128.01 meters long and 12.46 meters wide, built of iron passenger and mail ship was the third of four sister ships, with which was founded in 1869 by Thomas Ismay White Star Line opened her passenger and mail traffic between the UK and North America. The Baltic was driven as her sister ships by a combination of steam and sail power. She had a chimney, a single-screw and four masts with full rigging. The top speed was 14 knots.

The sister ships, the RMS Baltic were the RMS Oceanic ( I) ( 1871), the RMS Atlantic ( 1871) and the RMS Republic ( I) ( 1872). All four ships originated at Harland & Wolff and were put into service between June 1871 and February 1872. All could each carry 166 passengers, First Class and 1,000 third-class passengers in spacious and comfortable cabins.

On 2 September 1871, the ship was completed and on 14 September 1871, under the names Baltic in Liverpool on her maiden voyage on Queenstown to New York from. In January 1873, the Baltic presented on the route from New York to Queenstown on a record by covered the crossing in 7 days, 20 hours and 9 minutes at an average speed of 15.09 knots. By 1883 the Baltic for the White Star Line on the North Atlantic route was. In the years 1885 to 1887 she was chartered to the Inman Line.

On 5 May 1888, she sailed on her last voyage from Liverpool to New York route. Then it was sold to the Holland- America Line and renamed Veendam (II). The steamer was equipped with new passenger accommodation for 150 passengers first class and 800 third class. On November 3, 1888 Veendam sailed on her first voyage from Rotterdam to New York. On 7 February 1898, the ship rammed with 85 crew members and 732 passengers on board a ship wreck and sank. There were no fatalities. Passengers and crew were transferred to the 11,629 -ton steamship St. Louis.