Baltic
Ship Number
75
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
8 March 1871
Delivered
2 September 1871
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
3708 grt
BP Length
420 feet
Breadth
32 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
compound engine with 4 inverted cylinders of 40 & 78 inches diameter each pair; stroke 60 inches; 600 horsepower; engine by Maudsley, Sons & Fields in London
Official No.
65877
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Sank
Baltic

Accommodation for 166-1st and 1,000-3rd class passengers, she was launched for White Star Line on 8th March 1871 as the Pacific. Renamed Baltic, she started her maiden voyage between Liverpool, Queenstown (Cobh) and New York on 14th Sep.1871. In Jan.1873 she made a record passage from New York to Queenstown of 7 days 20 hours 9 mins at an average speed of 15.09 knots.
 
She was then sold to Holland America Line, refitted to carry 150-1st and 800-3rd class passengers and renamed Veendam.
 
She sank on 6th February 1898 after striking a submerged wreck in the North Atlantic with no loss of life.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway, vol.2,p.756 by N.R.P.Bonsor]