RMS Baltic
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RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932. At 23,876 gross register tonnage, she was the world's largest ship until May 1906. She was the third of a quarte
RMS Baltic in a June 1904 photograph by Robert Welch
Baltic under construction, c. November 1903
Line drawing plan for Baltic, 1903
Edward Smith was the first captain of the Baltic.
Edward Smith (sea captain)
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Commander Edward John Smith was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, who became best known as the captain of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic.
RMS Baltic
…passengers. The ship also accommodated a crew of 560. The Baltic made her maiden voyage on 29 June 1904 from Liverpool to New York under the command of Edward Smith, the future captain of the Titanic. She arrived in New York on 8 July, with 906 passengers onboard (209 first class, 142 second class and 555 third…
Captain Smith in his summer whites
Left to right: William Murdoch, Joseph Evans, David Alexander, and Edward Smith aboard Olympic
Smith (right) with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on 11 April 1912, one of the last photos taken of either man.
Illustration of the sinking of the Titanic