The Baltic was also nearby. It was owned by the White Star Line also, was registered in Liverpool, and was built by Harland and Wolff. She had two funnels and four masts. She was built in yard 352 and weighed 23,884 gross tons. The Baltic was 726 feet long and had a breadth of 75.5 ft, had quadruple expansion engines, and twin screws which could power the ship up to 17 knots. She also had a steel hull, four decks plus a shelter deck, and 425
first class passengers, 450 second class passengers, and 2,000 steerage. She had a crew of 560.
The Baltic was launched on November 21, 1903 after having an additional 20 ft added on to her hull which added 2,840 gross tons onto her overall tonnage. When she was delivered on June 23, 1904, she was a little slow but was the largest ship in the world until 1905.
She began her maiden voyage on June 29th and was used throughout the war to transport troops. In 1924, whe was re-boilered.
On September 17, 1932, she made her last voyage from Liverpool to New York and in October she was laid up, becoming sold in January of 1933 and sailing from Liverpool to Osaka, Japan to go under the hammer on February 17, 1933.
