Celtic (II) Fact File
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger and cargo ship
Official No: 113476
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 335
Laid down: 22 March 1899
Launched: 4 April 1901
Handed over: 11 July 1901
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 3 July 1901
Managing Owner & Address: Harold Arthur Sanderson, 30 James Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 4
Number of Masts: 4
Rigged: Schooner
Stern: Elliptical
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel
Number of Bulkheads: 10
Number of water ballast tanks: 16
Dimensions
Length: 680.9 feet
Breadth: 75.35 feet
Depth: 44.15 feet
Gross Registered Tonnage: 20,902.07 tons
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: 2 X inverted direct acting quadruple expansion surface condensing
Cylinders: 2 X 33; 2 X 47½; 2 X 68½; 2 X 98 inches
Stroke: 63 inches
Nominal Horse Power: 2,295
Boilers
Description: Cylindrical multi-tubular
Number: 8 double ended
Iron or Steel: Steel
Pressure when loaded: 210 lbs
Screw: Twin
Speed: 16 knots
Signal Letters: S. M. B. F.
NOTES
For Celtic's construction hydraulic riveting was adopted wherever possible for the keel, double bottom, hull and stringers, and altogether 167,095 1½ inch rivets were driven in this way.