ARCTIC / CELTIC / AMERIKA

BUILT IN 1871 BY FORRESTER & CO IN LIVERPOOL, SHE WAS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO ' ADRIATIC '. SHE WAS LAID DOWN ON THE STOCKS AS ' ARCTIC ', BUT WAS RE-NAMED ' CELTIC ' BEFORE SHE WAS LAUNCHED. IN 1893 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE THINGVALLA LINE AND RE-NAMED AMERIKA.SHE PROVED UN-ECONOMICAL FOR HER NEW COMPANY, HER COAL CONSUMPTION WAS HEAVY AND THERE WAS A DROP IN DEMAND FROM PASSENGERS. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN BREST,FRANCE IN  APPROXIMATELY 1893