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SS ''Baltic'' was an
On 17 October 1871, ''Baltic'' ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay whilst on a voyage from
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Ocean liners Ships built in Belfast Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships of the White Star Line 1871 ships Ships built by Harland and Wolff Maritime incidents in October 1871 Maritime incidents in 1898 Ships sunk in collisions Ships sunk with no fatalities Shipwrecks {{ship-stub
ocean liner
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owned and operated by the White Star Line
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. ''Baltic'' was one of the first four ships ordered by White Star from shipbuilders Harland and Wolff
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after Thomas Ismay
Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was the founder of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line. His son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the ''White Star Line''; and, in ...
bought the company, and the third of the ships to be delivered.
Name
Originally, the ship was to be named ''Pacific,'' and was launched under this name, but was changed to ''Baltic'' during her fitting out so as to avoid association with theCollins Line
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r of the same name, which had vanished with all hands in January 1856.
Career
On 17 October 1871, ''Baltic'' ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay whilst on a voyage from New York
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to Liverpool
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, Lancashire
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. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead
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, Cheshire
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. On 20 November 1872, ''Baltic'' rescued the crew of ''Assyria.'' On 19 November 1875, ''Baltic'' rescued the crew of the full-rigged ship
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''Oriental'', which had become waterlogged in the Atlantic Ocean. On 17 August 1880, the steamship ''Longford'' collided with her in the River Mersey and sank.
In 1889, after RMS ''Teutonic'' entered service, ''Baltic'' was sold to the Holland America Line
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and renamed ''Veendam'' after the Dutch city of that name. On 6 February 1898, ''Veendam'' hit a derelict ship and sank, with all on board saved.
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Info from website "Titanic: Voyage of Discovery"
Ocean liners Ships built in Belfast Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships of the White Star Line 1871 ships Ships built by Harland and Wolff Maritime incidents in October 1871 Maritime incidents in 1898 Ships sunk in collisions Ships sunk with no fatalities Shipwrecks {{ship-stub