Editing RMS Adriatic (1906)

{{Short description|British ocean liner}}
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| Ship caption = RMS ''Adriatic'' underway in [[Belfast harbour]], [[April 1907]]
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| Ship country = United Kingdom
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| Ship name = RMS ''Adriatic''
| Ship namesake = [[Adriatic Sea]]
| Ship owner = [[White Star Line|Oceanic Steam Nav Co.]]
| Ship operator = * 1907 - 1934: [[White Star Line]]<br>
* 1934: [[Cunard-White Star Line]]
| Ship registry = [[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool]]
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[[Liverpool]]–[[Cobh]]–[[New York City|New York]] (1907) (1911-1919) (1922-1934)
[[Southampton]]-[[Cherbourg]]-[[New York City|New York]] (1907-1911) (1919-1921)
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| Ship builder = [[Harland and Wolff]], [[Belfast]]
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| Ship launched = 20 September 1906
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| Ship completed = 25 April 1907
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| Ship maiden voyage = 8 May 1907
| Ship in service = 1907
| Ship out of service = 1935
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| Ship identification = *UK [[official number]] 1294061
*[[Code letters]] HKNW (until 1933)
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*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]] GLSJ (1934 onward)
*{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Sierra}}{{ICS|Juliet}}
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| Ship fate = Scrapped in [[Onomichi]], 1935
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| Ship class = [[Big Four (White Star Line)|Big Four]]
| Ship type = [[Ocean liner]]
| Ship tonnage = {{GRT|24541}}, {{NRT|15638}}
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| Ship length = {{cvt|729|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{cvt|75.6|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship depth = {{cvt|52.6|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship decks = 4
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| Ship power = 16 000 hp
| Ship propulsion = *2 × [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|Quadruple-expansion engines]]
*2 × [[Propeller]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|km/h}} (max)
| Ship range = 5000 nmi
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| Ship boats = 20 lifeboats
| Ship capacity = *2,825 passengers: 
**425 First Class 
**500 Second Class
**1900 Third Class
*{{cvt|51120|cuft}} [[Reefer ship|refrigerated cargo]]
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| Ship crew = 557
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'''RMS ''Adriatic''''' was a British [[ocean liner]] of the [[White Star Line]]. She was the fourth of a quartet of ships of more than {{GRT|20000}}, dubbed [[Big Four (White Star Line)|The Big Four]]. The ''Adriatic'' was the only one of the four which was never the world's largest ship. However, she was the largest, the fastest, and the most luxurious of the Big Four, being the first ocean liner to have an indoor [[swimming pool]] and [[Victorian Turkish baths|Victorian-style Turkish baths]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Shifrin |first=Malcolm |year=2015 |title=Victorian Turkish Baths |publisher=Historic England |chapter=Chapter 23: The Turkish bath at sea |isbn=978-1-84802-230-0 |url= http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/EBOOK/ZBookDetails.htm}}</ref>

She began her career on the brand new route from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]] before joining, from 1911, her sister ships on the secondary route from Liverpool. They were in fact slow liners intended to provide a service at moderate prices. When [[World War I]] broke out, the ''Adriatic'' was among the ships that continued their civilian transatlantic service, while carrying many provisions. In 1917, she was requisitioned and served as a troop transport.

After the war, she was refitted several times and was gradually used for cruises, which became her main services in the 1930s. When [[Cunard Line]] and White Star Line merged in 1934, she was quickly deemed unnecessary and sold at the end of the year. She was scrapped in [[Osaka]] in 1935.

==Conception and construction==
[[File:Belfast's Harland and Wolff Shipyard (RMS Adriatic), 1907 (crop).jpg|thumb|left|''Adriatic'' just before launching, [[September 1906]]]]

At the end of the 19th century, White Star Line, under the leadership of [[Thomas Henry Ismay]], changed its policy to embark on the construction of ships which no longer sought to dominate in the area of speed, but to transport passengers en masse and regularly on spacious and comfortable liners. This resulted in the commissioning of the [[Big Four (White Star Line)|Big Four]], four large, moderate-speed liners ordered at the start of the new century. The first, the [[RMS Celtic (1901)|''Celtic'']], entered service in 1901, followed by the [[RMS Cedric|''Cedric'']] in 1903 and the [[RMS Baltic (1903)|''Baltic'']] in 1904.<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=89}}</ref> The fourth ship in the series, the ''Adriatic'', was ordered from [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyards in Belfast in December 1903, but she wasn't completed until May 1907, a strangely long delay.<ref name=RA90>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=90}}</ref> This delay could be explained by the fact that the shipyards were building the [[USS America (ID-3006)|''Amerika'']] at the same time, with a similar profile.<ref name=RK127>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=127}}</ref> Harland and Wolff built ''Adriatic'' on [[slipway]] number three of its North Yard in [[Belfast]], [[Northern_Ireland]].<ref name=Yard>{{cite web |url= http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=358 |title=Adriatic |work=Harland and Wolff |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>

To continue to own the largest ships in the world, White Star had asked the shipyards to enlarge the ''Baltic'' during its construction; the ship measured nearly 3,000 tons more than its predecessor, but it was in return slightly slower: its machines not having been modified.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=122}}</ref> In the case of the ''Adriatic'', it was decided to give her a size similar to the ''Baltic'' (her tonnage nevertheless surpassing that of the ''Baltic'' by a few hundred tons), but she was equipped significantly more powerful machines in order to allow her to maintain a better speed.<ref name=RK127/> Her name, in reference to the [[Adriatic Sea]], was also given to her in reference to a [[SS Adriatic (1871)|previous liner of the same name]] which served the company for almost thirty years at the end of the previous century.<ref>{{harvnb|Haws|1990|p=34}}</ref>

She was launched on 20 September 1906, the same day as the [[Cunard Line]]'s {{RMS|Mauretania|1906|2}}.<ref name=RA90/> She was then completed in dry dock and delivered to her company on 25 April 1907, before sailing to Liverpool for her maiden voyage.<ref name=RK127/>

==Early career==
[[File:RMS Adriatic postcard.jpg|thumb|A postcard depicting the ''Adriatic'' after her 1911 refit]]
When the ''Adriatic'' entered service, she was celebrated by the White Star Line as "the largest ship in the world" (although the [[SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria|''Kaiserin Auguste Victoria'']] overtook her by only 40 tons), and the company organized a departure with great fanfare for her maiden voyage from [[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool]] to [[New York City|New York]] on 8 May 1907, arriving in New York on 16 May 1907 with 2,502 passengers onboard (365 first class, 335 second class and 1,802 third class), completing the crossing in 7 days, 1 hour and 45 minutes at an average speed of 17.02 knots.<ref name=RA100>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=100}}</ref> The liner sailed under the command of Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]], who transferred from the ''Baltic''.<ref name=RK128>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=128}}</ref>

After her maiden voyage, she was transferred to the [[Port of Southampton|Southampton]] – New York route, arriving in Southampton to a very warm welcome on the evening of 30 May 1907 after briefly calling at Plymouth and Cherbourg, and inaugurating White Star's Southampton service on 5 June 1907. She was the first White Star liner to use Southampton's newly built dock, named the White Star Dock. (In 1922 it was renamed the Ocean Dock.) This port, hitherto little frequented by British companies, was indeed chosen to serve as the base for the new express service desired by White Star, in view of the arrival of its [[Olympic-class ocean liner|Olympic-class liners]]. It also had the advantage of allowing a French stopover in [[Cherbourg]]. The ''Adriatic'' was thus assigned to this new service alongside the [[RMS Oceanic (1899)|''Oceanic'']], the [[RMS Teutonic|''Teutonic'']] and the [[RMS Majestic (1889)|''Majestic'']]. At the same time, Liverpool becomes a secondary port of departure for services provided by the ''Baltic'', the ''Cedric'', the ''Celtic'', and the [[SS Arabic (1902)|''Arabic'']]. The ''Adriatic'' ran the Southampton route until 1911 when {{RMS|Olympic}} replaced her. ''Adriatic'' then returned to the Liverpool route.<ref name=RA100/>

During this service, the ''Adriatic'' proved to be very popular with customers for her luxurious facilities (she was the first ocean liner to have Turkish baths and an indoor swimming pool) despite a lower service speed than her Southampton running mates.<ref name=RK128/> An incident occurred on 10 October 1908, when it was discovered that four crew members were stealing passenger luggage and concealing it in the ship for subsequent resale. Their booty is estimated at £4,000, a very significant sum for the time.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=99}}</ref> Another incident occurred in November 1909, when the liner ran aground in the entrance to the [[Ambrose Channel]] on its way to New York, then in August 1910 when the liner's stokers mutinied in Southampton.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=119}}</ref> On 26 June 1911, following the entry into service of the ''Olympic'', the ''Adriatic'' made her last crossing from Southampton before joining her sister ships on the Liverpool route. She remained there until World War I, although she also made cruises between New York and the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] during the winter of 1911.<ref name=RK128/>

''Adriatic'' sailed from Liverpool on 18 April 1912 and arrived in New York on 27 April 1912. Some of ''[[Titanic]]''{{'}}s rescued passengers and crew returned to Britain aboard her, departing from New York on 2 May 1912. The passengers included disgraced [[White Star Line]] chairman [[J. Bruce Ismay]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/adriatic-ii/ |last=Othfors |first=Daniel |title=Adriatic (II) |work=The Great Ocean Liners |date=23 March 2018 }}</ref> and [[Millvina Dean]], the disaster's youngest and last living survivor.<ref name=DH58>{{harvnb|Haws|1990|p=58}}</ref>

[[Alexander Agassiz]] died in 1910 while a passenger in ''Adriatic''.

==World War I==
When [[World War I]] broke out, the ''Adriatic'' and the ''Baltic'' continued to provide regular service on the Liverpool route while other White Star liners were requisitioned. They were quickly joined by three ships of the [[Red Star Line]], the [[SS Vaderland (1900)|''Vaderland'']], the [[SS Zeeland (1900)|''Zeeland'']] and the [[SS Lapland|''Lapland'']].<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=124}}</ref> The ''Adriatic''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s large cargo hold enabled her to carry large quantities of provisions in wartime, but U.S. authorities, then neutral in the conflict, viewed the ship with suspicion, fearing she might make a secret stopover in Halifax to recover Canadian troops. From 12 April 1917 to 28 February 1919, the ship served under the Liner Requisition Scheme and carried troops and ammunition across the Atlantic after the entry by the United States into the war.<ref name=RK129>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=129}}</ref>

During the war, the bunkers of the ''Adriatic'' were often used to supply the Royal Navy with fuel.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=195}}</ref> During this period, on 26 January 1918, while docked at Pier 60 in New York, she was the victim of a fire when barrels of oil stored on her deck caught fire. The firefighters managed to control the flames by flooding the bridge and throwing the burnt barrels into the sea.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=182}}</ref> When the war was over, the liner was fully refurbished, and her facilities were modified to carry fewer passengers.<ref name=DH58/>

==Later career and demise==
[[File:RMS Adriatic (1907).jpg|thumb|View of ''Adriatic'' from the stern, between {{circa}} 1910-15]]
The ''Adriatic'' returned to service on 3 September 1919, once again on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York service, reopening the route along with the ''Lapland'', to ensure provisional service pending the return of requisitioned ships and the arrival of new liners. In December, the ''Lapland'' was returned to Red Star Line service. From January through June 1920, ''Adriatic'' maintained the Southampton service on her own, until the ''Olympic'' returned to service on 25 June.<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=137}}</ref> Throughout 1920, ''Olympic'' and ''Adriatic'' made a combined 37 crossings and carried a combined 59,660 passengers for an average of 1,612 passengers per crossing. ''Olympic'' carried 28,458 passengers over 16 crossings for an average of 1,779 passengers per crossing. ''Adriatic'' carried a career high 31,202 passengers over 21 crossings for an average of 1,486 passengers per crossing. ''Adriatic'' was finally withdrawn from the Southampton route after a last crossing, on 14 December 1921, in view of the arrival of the [[RMS Majestic (1914)|''Majestic'']] and the [[RMS Homeric (1913)|''Homeric'']]. After an overhaul in Belfast, she rejoined her sisters on the Liverpool route on 13 May 1922.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|pp=129–130}}</ref>

On a westbound voyage at 01:30 on 10 August 1922 near [[Cobh]], the ''Adriatic'' suffered a gas explosion in her number three hold, which she was using as a reserve coal bunker. The explosion killed five crewmen, severely injured another three, tore the hatch off the hold, broke and twisted girders and beams and started a coal fire.<ref>{{harvnb|Eaton|Haas|1989|p=198}}</ref><ref name=NYT-1922-0812>{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/12/98784952.html?pageNumber=1 |title=Adriatic explosion kills 5, injures 4 of crew in midsea |newspaper=The New York Times |pages=1 |url-access=subscription |date=12 August 1922 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> Some of the dead and injured were stokers who had gone into the hold to work coal for her furnaces. One was an electrician, Leslie Ablett, who was rigging a cluster of electric lights by which the stokers were to work. Three were stokers who had been sleeping in the open on the hatch cover because it was a hot summer night. One of the stokers sleeping on the hatch cover was blown overboard<ref name=NYT-1922-0814>{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/14/99055768.html?pageNumber=1 |title=Adriatic safe here; think short circuit made gas explode |newspaper=The New York Times |pages=1, 4 |url-access=subscription |date=14 August 1922 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> Two liners, [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique|CGT]]'s ''[[SS Mexique|Lafayette]]'' and [[United States Lines]]' ''Reliance'', changed course to come to ''Adriatic''{{'}}s assistance. ''Adriatic''{{'}}s crew fought and extinguished the fire. Her [[Second engineer|Second Engineer]], James Corrigan, entered the burning hold and rescued two injured men. At 03:55 ''Adriatic''{{'}}s wireless operator signalled that there was no further danger, so ''Lafayette'' and ''Reliance'' resumed their normal courses.<ref name=NYT-1922-0814/> The injured were treated in the ship's [[sick bay]]. Two of the ship's stewardesses were trained nurses and helped to tend the injured and dying.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/18/107068097.html?pageNumber=8 |last=Keane |first=William |title=Nurses on the Adriatic |newspaper=The New York Times |page=8 |url-access=subscription |date=18 August 1922 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> All of the dead and injured were from [[Liverpool]].<ref name=NYT-1922-0814/> Before ''Adriatic'' reached New York, her passengers raised $7,000 to help their families.<ref name=NYT-1922-0812/> ''Adriatic'' reached New York on 13 August. Marine insurance agents came aboard and assessed the damage at less than $1,000. Temporary repairs were made before she began her return voyage to Liverpool<ref>{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/16/99056790.html?pageNumber=8 |title=Adriatic's damage $1,000 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=8 |url-access=subscription |date=16 August 1922 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> on 19 August.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/20/112684449.html?pageNumber=19 |title=Big liner delayed by thrifty bluenose |newspaper=The New York Times |page=19 |url-access=subscription |date=20 August 1922 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

From 1923 onwards, the Big Four made regular stops in Boston before arriving in New York. In 1925, the ''Adriatic'' was chartered by Welsh people living in the United States who wanted to go to the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales|Eisteddfod Genedlaethol]].<ref name=RK130>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=130}}</ref> In May of the same year, and despite her being eighteen years of age, she broke her speed record by crossing between New York and Liverpool in 7 days and 6 minutes, at an average speed of 17.86 knots.<ref name=DH59>{{harvnb|Haws|1990|p=59}}</ref> At the same time, with less transatlantic traffic, the ''Adriatic'' was increasingly used for cruises. In 1928, when she returned from the Mediterranean, she was reconverted again, this time to become a "cabin class" ship offering more affordable rates. Making her first crossing in this capacity on 28 April 1928; she quickly met with great success in this area.<ref name=RK130/>

[[File:Adriatic and Olympic.jpg|thumb|''Adriatic'' and [[RMS Olympic|''Olympic'']] in New York harbor, October 1932]]
In 1929, cruises no longer managed to be profitable enough. The ''Adriatic'' was put to rest in Liverpool throughout the winter as the [[Great Depression|economic crisis]] erupted. She was now only used during the summer.<ref name=DH59/> The arrival of the [[MV Britannic (1929)|''Britannic'']] and the [[MV Georgic (1931)|''Georgic'']] further contributed to rendering the ''Adriatic'' useless. She served as an experimental ground for a very low-cost weekend cruise in the summer of 1931, but the operation was inconclusive and her September cruises were cancelled.<ref name=RK130/> In 1932, the ''Cedric'' was scrapped.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=109}}</ref> She was followed the following year by the ''Baltic''.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=126}}</ref> Nevertheless, the company decided to keep the ''Adriatic'' as a reserve ship, as the British economy seemed to recover little by little. The following summers were not more prolific and the liner only made a few cruises off the Iberian Peninsula and occasional crossings of the Atlantic.<ref name=RK130/>

In 1934, ''Adriatic''{{'}}s [[code letters]] HKNW<ref name=LR30/> were superseded by the [[Maritime call sign|call sign]] GLSJ.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/34/34b0024.pdf |year=1934 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=Steamers and Motorships |volume=II |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

On 24 February 1934, the ''Adriatic'' made her last transatlantic crossing. After {{SS|Calgaric||2}}'s successful 1933 "Peace Cruise" in the Baltic, in 1934, the British Boy Scouts and Girl Guides chartered her for a similar cruise with [[Robert Baden-Powell]] on board in the Mediterranean, under the command of Commander CP Freeman, [[Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve|RD]]. ''Adriatic'' sailed from Liverpool on 29 March 1934, and called at [[Gibraltar]], [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]], [[Malta]], [[Algiers]], and [[Lisbon]].<ref name=DH59/> During that spring, White Star Line merged with its rival [[Cunard Line]] forming [[Cunard-White Star Line]]. The ''Adriatic'' became part of the new fleet, but was clearly superfluous given her age.<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1964|p=180}}</ref> After a final voyage in September, she was immobilised, and sold in November to Japanese wreckers for £48,000. She left Liverpool for the last time on 19 December 1934, her longest voyage ever; to be scrapped at [[Osaka]], [[Japan]], in 1935.<ref>{{harvnb|de Kerbrech|2009|p=133}}</ref>

==Characteristics==
[[File:Adriatic, reading and writing room.jpg|thumb|The reading and writing room aboard the ''Adriatic'']]
Being the last of the Big Four, the ''Adriatic'' displayed similar dimensions to the ''Baltic'' with a 222.2 m length, 23 m width and 16 m draft.<ref name=DH57>{{harvnb|Haws|1990|p=57}}</ref> She was slightly bulkier than her predecessor, with a gross tonnage of 24,541 and a net tonnage of 15,638, making her one of the largest liners in the world when she entered service (the [[RMS Empress of Scotland (1905)|''Kaiserin Auguste Victoria'']] only exceeding her by 40 gross tons).<ref name=RK127/> However, her appearance remained the same as with her three sister ships. The ''Adriatic'' therefore had a black hull with a red base, all topped by a white superstructure. Her funnels were buff-colored crowned with black cuff, and the ship had four masts intended to serve as support for the lookout's nest, as well as for the cables of the wireless telegraphy.<ref>{{harvnb|Haws|1990|p=56}}</ref> She had four continuous decks, as well as an upper deck and several superstructures.<ref name=DH58/> In 1911, she distinguished herself from her sister ships by having the front part of her promenade deck fitted with windows.<ref name=RK127/>

Like the other ships in the series, the ''Adriatic'' was propelled by two propellers operated by [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|quadruple-expansion steam engines]]. Between them the two engines were rated at 1,720 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]].<ref name=LR30>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0024.pdf |year=1930 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=Steamers and Motorships |volume=II |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> {{cvt|51120|cuft}} of her cargo holds were [[Reefer ship|refrigerated]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30a0626.pdf |year=1930 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=List of Vessels Fitted with Refrigerating Appliances |volume=I |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>
However, in view of her higher tonnage, the White Star had her fitted with more powerful machines, capable of reaching an average speed of 17 knots, higher than that of her sister ships but still significantly lower than the fastest liners on the route. Normally, she consumed 260 tonnes of coal per day.<ref name=DH58/>

[[File:Carr'sTin.jpg|thumb|left|Cooling-room of the Turkish baths]]The ''Adriatic'' stood out from her sister ships for the luxury of her facilities. In addition to the sumptuous dining room topped with a glass roof, the smoking room adorned with stained glass, the veranda café and the lounges she shared with its sister ships, she was the [http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/AtoZEstab/Liners/Adriatic/AdriaticEng.htm first liner to be equipped with] [[Victorian Turkish baths|Turkish baths]], as well as an indoor swimming pool.<ref>[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/WSL-1909-FamousBig4.html ''The Famous Big 4 of the New York - Liverpool Service - White Star Line - 1909 Brochure''], ''GG Archive''</ref> At the start of her career, the ''Adriatic'' could carry 425 first class, 500 second class, and 1,900 third class passengers (all accompanied by 560 crew members).<ref name=RK127/> From 1919, she was redesigned to carry 400 first class, 465 second class and 1,300 third class passengers.<ref name=RK129/> Finally, from 1928, her capacities were transformed to carry 506 cabin class, 560 tourist class, and 404 third class passengers.<ref name=RK130/>


==See also==
* [[List of White Star Line ships]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Roy Claude|title=White Star|location=Prescot|publisher=T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd|year=1964|oclc=3134809}}
*{{cite book|last1=Chirnside|first1=Mark|title=The 'Big Four' of the White Star Fleet: Celtic, Cedric, Baltic & Adriatic|date=2016|publisher=[[The History Press]]|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire|isbn=9780750965972}}
*{{cite book |last=de Kerbrech |first=Richard |year=2009 |title=Ships of the White Star Line |place=Shepperton  |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |isbn=978-0-7110-3366-5 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Eaton |first1=John |last2=Haas |first2=Charles |year=1989 |title=Falling Star, Misadventures of White Star Line Ships |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |isbn=1-85260-084-5 }}
*{{cite book|last=Haws|first=Duncan|title=White Star Line|series=Merchant Fleets|volume=17|location=Hereford|publisher=TCL Publications|year=1990|isbn=0-946378-16-9|oclc=50214776}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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*{{cite web |url= http://www.greatships.net/adriatic2.html |last1=Newman |first1=Jeff |last2=Baber |first2=Mark |title=R.M.S. Adriatic (II) |work=The Great Ships}} – postcards of ''Adriatic''
*{{cite web |url= http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/AtoZEstab/Liners/Adriatic/AdriaticEng.htm |last=Shifrin |first=Malcolm |title=The Turkish baths on SS Adriatic |work=Victorian Turkish Baths}}
*{{cite web |url= https://cabinliners.weebly.com/adriatic.html |work=Cabin Liners |title=R.M.S. Adriatic}}
*{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgOZQU-nLA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/PAgOZQU-nLA |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=RMS Adriatic: Finest of Four (1907) |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} – video

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