ADRIATIC

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1907. SHE WAS ONE OF THE 'BIG FOUR' - BALTIC,CELTIC,CEDRIC AND ADRIATIC ALL LAUNCHED AND IN SERVICE BETWEEN 1901 AND 1907.'ADRIATIC' WAS LAUNCHED IN 1906.IN 1911 SHE HAD AN EXPLOSION IN A COAL BUNKER,KILLING FIVE AND INJURING FOUR MORE.ALL OF THE 'BIG FOUR' CAME THROUGH THE GREAT WAR INTACT.'ADRIATIC' WAS BROKEN UP IN  OSAKA ,JAPAN IN 1935,MAINLY DUE TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION SHE PROVED UN-PROFITABLE AND HAD BEEN LAID UP SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO LACK OF WORK.