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SS BALTIC
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61. STEAMSHIP BALTIC.-This steamshiy is
the principal vessel of the White Star fleet,
being one of the largest boats in the world,
is 710 feet long, 7513 feet beam, speed 1742
knots. It was launched in 1903 and is en-
gaged in the Transatlantic service between Liver-
pool and New York. The Baltic on January
23, 1909, received a wireless message from the
Republic calling for help as it had collided
with another steamer during a fog and was
gradually sinking with about 800 passengers
on board. The Baltic went to the rescue, and
within a very few hours had all the passengers
transferred from the Republic without the loss
of a single life. Within a short time after the
last passenger was transferred the Republic
sank beneath the waves.
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