Editing RMS Baltic (section)

==Post-war years==
Back on the route from Liverpool to New York at the end of 1918, the ''Baltic'' underwent a refit in 1921. With the number of migrants crossing the Atlantic being fewer than that before the war, the capacity of the third class of the liner fell from 1,800 to 1,166 passengers. From 1922, the ''Adriatic'' returned to the route, uniting the Big Four on the slow secondary service of the White Star Line. Every two weeks, the liners made an additional stopover in Boston.<ref name=RK126/> In 1924, the boilers aboard the ''Baltic'' were replaced by more recent models.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=211}}</ref>

In 1927, the ship was modernized and converted to a “cabin class” ship, offering more modest rates; her sister ships underwent the same refit the following year.<ref name=RK126/> In the case of the ''Celtic'', the service was short-lived as she ran aground off Cobh at the end of 1928.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=99}}</ref> On 6 December 1929, the ''Baltic'' came to the rescue of the sinking schooner ''Northern Light''.<ref name=RK126/> The following month, she experienced an incident when a wave knocked her against a dock in Liverpool, damaging one of her propellers; it took divers nine hours to repair the damage.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=213}}</ref> The ''Baltic'' became a regular at the newly created Canadian immigration terminal [[Pier 21]] when it opened in 1928. ''Baltic'' made 18 voyages to Pier 21.<ref>[https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/ship-arrival-search "Ship Arrivals Database", ''Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21'']</ref>

In the early 1930s, however, the White Star Line experienced a period of internal crisis reinforced by the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=172}}</ref> In 1930, a new ship joined the company's fleet, the {{MV|Britannic|1929|2}}, which became very successful. The older ships were less useful, and the ''Cedric'' was scrapped at the end of 1931.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=109}}</ref> The arrival in 1932 of the {{MV|Georgic|1931|2}} sealed the fate of the ''Baltic'', which made her last crossing on 17 September of that same year. Sold to Japanese shipbreakers in early 1933 along with the {{SS|Megantic||2}} for £33,000, the liner left Liverpool for [[Osaka]] on 17 February 1933, under the command of Captain Corfe, to be scrapped there.<ref name=RK123/>