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RMS Cedric
RMS ''Cedric'' was laid down in 1902 at the shipyard of Harland and Wolff, Belfast. RMS ''Cedric'' was the second of White Star's series known as the "Big Four", the other three being , and . ''Celtic'' was the first ship to exceed Brunel's in overall tonnage, which was quite an accomplishment, considering Brunel's giant ship held the size record for almost 40 years. Except for the ''Adriatic'' all of these in turn, when built, would be the largest ship in the world for a short time. RMS ''Cedric'' was a 21,035-gross ton ship, long and abeam, with two funnels, four masts, two propellers and a service speed of . There was accommodation for 365 first-, 160 second- and 2352 third-class passengers. She was launched on 21 August 1902, and RMS ''Cedric'' commenced her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 11 February 1903. This was the only route on which she was ever used, although ''Cedric'' was also sometimes used for winter cruises to the Mediterranean.
==Trans-Atlantic service==
For the next 11 years the ship plied the Atlantic crossing without any major incident. When the sank in April 1912, ''Cedric'' was in New York and the ship's departure was delayed until the arrived with survivors, including crew members not required for the court of inquiry, who wished to travel back to Liverpool. However, ''Cedric'' had to sail without any of ''Titanic''s survivors or crew due to their mandated appearances for testimony at the U.S. inquiry. Her last voyage on the Liverpool-New York service started on 21 October 1914 after which she was requisitioned for war service, and she was then converted to an armed merchant cruiser. ''Cedric'' was decommissioned in 1916, and then she was converted into a troopship for operation initially to Egypt and then to the U.S. In April 1917, her operation came under the auspices of the Liner Requisition Scheme. On July 1st, 1917 Cedric collided with and sank the French schooner Yvonne-Odette with 24 crew drowned from the schooner. On 29 January 1918, ''Cedric'' collided with and sank the Canadian Pacific ship ''Montreal'' off Morecambe Bay. ''Montreal'' was taken in tow, but she sank the next day from the Mersey Bar lightship. ''Cedric'' was returned to her owner in September 1919 and refitted by Harland & Wolff. She was refitted to accommodate 347 first-, 250 second- and 1000 third-class passengers. She resumed Liverpool–New York voyages. On 30 September 1923, ''Cedric'' collided with the of the Cunard Line in Queenstown (Cobh) harbour during dense fog. Neither vessel was seriously damaged. On 23 October 1926, she was again altered to cabin, tourist and third class. Her last Liverpool–New York sailing commenced on 5 September 1931 and she was sold later the same year, for £22,150 to Thomas W. Ward and scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1932.
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