Editing RMS Baltic (section)

{{Short description|Ocean liner}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = The 3rd Big Four liner Baltic (II).jpg
| Ship caption = RMS ''Baltic'' in a June 1904 photograph by [[Robert Welch (photographer)|Robert Welch]]
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United Kingdom
| Ship owner = [[White Star Line]]
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|government}}
| Ship operator = [[White Star Line]]
| Ship registry = [[Liverpool]]
| Ship route = [[Liverpool]] to [[New York City]]
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship builder = [[Harland and Wolff]], [[Belfast]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]]
| Ship original cost = 
| Ship yard number = 352
| Ship laid down = 
| Ship launched = 21 November 1903
| Ship completed = 23 June 1904
| Ship christened = 
| Ship maiden voyage = 29 June 1904
| Ship in service = 1904–1932
| Ship fate = [[Ship breaking|Scrapped]] in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]] in 1933
| Ship namesake = [[Baltic Sea]]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship class = [[Big Four (White Star Line)|Big-Four class]]
| Ship tonnage = {{GRT|23876}}, {{NRT|15295}}
| Ship length = {{cvt|222.2|m|ftin}}
| Ship beam = {{cvt|23.0|m|ftin}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft = 
| Ship depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship power = {{cvt|14000|–|16000|hp}}
| Ship propulsion = Two four-cylinder Quadruple expansion engines powering two propellers
| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn}} max
| Ship capacity = As built: 2,875 passengers (425 first, 450 second, 2,000 third)
| Ship crew = 
}}
|}

'''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 quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross register tons, dubbed [[Big Four (White Star Line)|The Big Four]], the other three being {{RMS|Celtic|1901|6}}, {{RMS|Cedric}}, and {{RMS|Adriatic|1906|6}}.

During her civilian career, ''Baltic'' served between [[Liverpool]] and New York. She was involved in a few minor incidents during her career. She distinguished herself especially in 1909 when she came to the aid of the {{RMS|Republic|1903|2}} and the ''Florida'' that had collided with each other. The ''Baltic''{{'}}s rescue of all passengers drew attention to the important role that the new wireless telegraphy technology could play in ensuring safety at sea. In April 1912, the ''Baltic'' also picked up distress signals from the {{ship||Titanic}}, but was too far away to intervene during the [[sinking of the Titanic|latter's sinking]].

During [[World War I]], the ''Baltic'' carried troops from 1915 to 1918. She survived a torpedoing attempt and transported the first American troops to Europe, with General [[John J. Pershing]] on board. After the war, the ship continued its commercial service during the 1920s. Having become too old, she was finally retired in 1932 and scrapped the following year, after nearly thirty years of career.