SS Baltic (1871)

SS "Baltic" was an ocean liner owned and operated by the White Star Line. "Baltic" was one of the first four ships ordered by White Star from shipbuilders Harland and Wolff after Thomas Ismay bought the company, and the third of the ships to be delivered.
On 17 October 1871, "Baltic" ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay whilst on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. On 20 November 1872, "Baltic" rescued the crew of "Assyria," which had fallen victim to the seas that the "Baltic" was designed to endure. An etching of the "Baltic" rescuing those from the "Assyria" was used by the team at "" as a stand-in for the RMS "Atlantic" in a documentary about the "Atlantic."
In 1889, after RMS "Teutonic" entered service, "Baltic" was sold to the Holland America Line and renamed Veendam after the Dutch city of that name. On 6 February 1898, "Veendam" hit a derelict ship and sank, with all on board saved.