Maiden arrival of Baltic (Yard No. 352) at New York from Liverpool after a crossing in 7 days, 18 hours and 37 minutes. Her commander was Captain Edward J. Smith, RNR. At 23,876 gross tons, she was the largest ship in the world until 1905. She was the third of a quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross tons, dubbed The Big Four (the other three being Celtic, Cedric, and Adriatic).

HMS General Craufurd (Yard No. 479) a 5,920-ton monitor, one in a class of fifteen similar vessels designed and constructed by Harland & Wolff, was launched at Belfast for the Admiralty.

Harland & Wolff laid the keel of the Dominion liner Canada (Yard No. 300) today. View Canada's Ship Fact File

The 12,765-ton oil tanker Janova (Yard No. 1452) was launched today for Spermacet Whaling S.A.