2,577 passengers. In 1919, its capacity was reduced and it could carry 347 first-class, 200 second-class and 1,000 third-class passengers. Finally, in 1928, she was again converted to carry 300 cabin class passengers, 385 tourist class, and 530 third-class. The ship was propelled by two propellers powered by quadruple expansion machines generating a power of 14,000 horsepowers. It sailed at an average speed of 16 knots, and could reach a maximum speed of 19 knots. At average speed, the engines consumed 260 tonnes of coal per day, which was significantly lower than most of her competitors. Technically, Cedric stood out from her sister ships by being equipped with the new Welin-type davits (those which were subsequently fitted to many vessels such as those of the s), instead of the swiveling davits. Notable passengers The leader of the Baháʼí Faith, `Abdu'l-Bahá, travelled on board Cedric from Alexandria, Egypt, leaving on 25 March 1912, travelling via Naples, Italy on 28 March and arriving in New York City on 11 April 1912. On 5 December 1912 he travelled on the Celtic from New York to Liverpool. Shoghi Effendi, as a youth 15 years old, accompanied ‘Abdu’l-Bahá from Egypt, disembarking in Italy. Titanic survivor Robert Williams Daniel, a banker who frequently travelled to England on business, returned to New York from Liverpool aboard the 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. Future garment industry trade union leader Sidney Hillman sailed to the United States (his name was spelled Sydney Hilman on the passenger manifest) as a steerage passenger on Cedric from Liverpool in August 1907. References Notes Bibliography External links "New White Star Line Steamship Cedric" (Marine Engineering, April 1903, pp. 165–170, feature article with photographs.) RMS Cedric Cabin Liners: Celtic / Cedric Interior Tour Collision with SV Yvonne-Odette Ships built in Belfast Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships of the White Star Line World War I Auxiliary cruisers of the Royal Navy 1902 ships Ships built by Harland and Wolff Maritime incidents in 1918