A World War I hospital ship the R.M.S. Celtic.

Collections

salishan Place by the River currently maintains a collection of over 9000 photographs, 2000 archival documents, 9000 objects, 500 works of art, and 300 oral history recordings. This collection, spanning hundreds of years, is a wonderful window on the past and present life of our community.

Stay informed about our news, programs, and events by subscribing to eNews.

Enter a keyword below to search the collection. The search will find all records that contain the entered keywords. For example, if you enter "button", the search will return records that contain "button", "button card ", "button hook", etc. If you enter "buttons", the search will not find images that are described with only "button". If you would like to search for multiple terms, please try our Advanced Search.

Search results - click each item for more information

Object Description

Object Name

Picture postcard

Object ID

0863

Title

A World War I hospital ship the R.M.S. Celtic.

Date

[ca. 1917].

Description

Landscape oriented black and white photograph postcard depicting the World War I hospital ship the R.M.S. Celtic. The large ship is shown in the center of the photo with only open sees and the sky surrounding it. Possible that this is a combined drawing and photograph, difficult to identify. There is a black line across the top left corner. THe bottom left corner has an inscription that reads, "R.M.S. Celtic."

People/Subject

Boats

See also: paddle steamer, ships, steamboats, steamships, sternwheelers, canoes, models

R.M.S. Celtic (ship)

The RMS Celtic was an ocean liner belonging to the White Star Line. She was the first of a quartet of ships measuring over 20,000 tons, dubbed The Big Four. She was the first ship larger than the SS Great Eastern in gross tonnage. Celtic was launched on 4 April 1901 and set off on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 26 July. At the beginning of the First World War, she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, but since she used up too much coal, she was converted into a troop ship in January 1916, and used to carry soldiers to Egypt. She was put back on the transatlantic route in March. In 1917, Celtic hit a mine off the Isle of Man. 17 people onboard were killed, but Celtic survived, was towed to Peel Bay and repaired in Belfast. In March 1918, U-Boat UB-77 torpedoed Celtic in the Irish Sea. 6 people onboard were killed, but again Celtic did not sink. She was towed to Liverpool and repaired again. In 1928, Celtic was grounded on rocks off Queenstown. She could not be moved or salvaged, and was declared a total loss. She was completely taken apart for scrap by 1933.
See Also: boats
Term Source: www.wikipedia.org

World War, 1914-1918

Link to Search Results

salishan Place

Stay informed about our news, programs, and events by subscribing to eNews.

Opens in a new window.

Argus v4.4.2.32 - Langley Centennial Museum