14 Facts About RMS Cedric

RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line.

RMS Cedric was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four, and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service.

RMS Cedric's career, peppered with collisions and minor incidents, took place mainly on the route from Liverpool to New York.

RMS Cedric quickly became popular, and while the company insisted that his name be pronounced “seedric”, the public called her “sed-ric”.

At the start of the World War I, the RMS Cedric was one of the ships which were quickly requisitioned and converted into auxiliary cruisers, along with Celtic, Teutonic and Oceanic.

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RMS Cedric first transported troops from Egypt and Palestine, then from United States after their entry into the war.

On 1 July 1917, RMS Cedric collided with and sank the French schooner Yvonne-Odette with the latter losing 24 of her crew.

On 29 January 1918, RMS Cedric collided with and sank the Canadian Pacific ship Montreal off Morecambe Bay.

RMS Cedric was refitted to accommodate 347 first-, 250 second- and 1000 third-class passengers.

From 1919 to 1922, RMS Cedric served from Southampton, pending the arrival of the new main ships of the fleet, Homeric and Majestic.

RMS Cedric continued her regular service between Liverpool and New York during the 1920s.

Internally, RMS Cedric was decorated and benefited from many luxury amenities of the time.

Technically, RMS Cedric stood out from her sister ships by being equipped with the new Welin-type davits, instead of the swiveling davits.

Titanic survivor Robert Williams Daniel, a banker who frequently travelled to England on business, returned to New York from Liverpool aboard the RMS Cedric, arriving on 4 December 1912 to learn of the death that day of his friend and fellow Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie IV, whom he was to visit while in New York.