CEDRIC

ONE OF THE 'BIG FOUR' - BALTIC,CELTIC,CEDRIC AND ADRIATIC ALL LAUNCHED AND IN SERVICE BETWEEN 1901 AND 1907 - CEDRIC SERVED AS A ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER DURING WW1. ALL FOUR SHIPS CAME THROUGH THE GREAT WAR INTACT,IN 1918 CEDRIC COLLIDED WITH AND SANK THE CP SHIP 'MONTREAL' NEAR THE MERSEY BAR. CEDRIC WAS BROKEN UP IN SCOTLAND IN 1932.THE VESSEL ALONSIDE CEDRIC IN THE LOWER PICTURE IS MOST LIKELY WHITE STAR'S TENDER 'MAGNETIC'