Talk:RMS Celtic (1901)

The demise of the RMS Celtic
This is what it says in the article

In 1917, Celtic hit a mine off the Isle of Man. Seventeen people on board were killed, but the Celtic survived. A number of passengers were rescued by the London and North Western Railway ship Slieve Bawn. Celtic was towed to Peel Bay and repaired in Belfast. In March 1918, U-Boat UB-77 torpedoed Celtic in the Irish Sea. Six people on board were killed, but again Celtic did not sink. She was towed to Liverpool and repaired again.

Early on 10 December 1928, she struck the Pollock Rock off Cobh. RNLB Mary Stanford, the Ballycotton Lifeboat, along with tugs, a destroyer and local life-saving teams, rescued all on board. Seven thousand tons of cargo were scattered. She could not be moved or salvaged, and was declared a total loss. She was completely taken apart for scrap by 1933.[3] The Celtic features in the painting Sports on the Celtic by the British artist William Nicholson.

But then in fleet incidents on white star lines it says

In October 1917 Celtic ran up on a mine laid by U-88 near Cobh, Ireland, killing 17. She was repaired and put back into military service. In June 1918, she was torpedoed by UB-77 in the Irish Sea, killing 7. Once again, she was able to escape the sub and limp in to port with her own steam. She was repaired and once again put back into service, serving through the remainder of the war without incident.

Which one is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliverd26 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Triple or quadruple expansion?
In the infobox it says Celtic was powered by "quadruple expansion engines", but in the text it says "triple expansion". Most of the others say quadruple expansion, which suggests that is correct, but I have to wonder, as 4 cylinder triple expansion types were very common (with the last cylinder being doubled to avoid excessive diameter), and I was under the impression that quadruple expansion types just never caught on like triple expansion did. I can easily imagine someone mistaking "4 cylinder" with "quadruple expansion". In any case, it is a contradiction. I also notice that the Olympic class, which came significantly later, used 4 cylinder triple expansion types. So either they reverted to triple expansion because they disliked how the quadruples worked in service, or the earlier vessels were in fact triple expansion as well.

64.222.85.235 (talk) 10:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)