Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Two funnels, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 365-1st, 160-2nd and 2,352-3rd class passengers. Cedric, second of the "Big Four," made her maiden voyage, 11 February 1903, from Liverpool to New York. This was the only route on which she was ever used, though Cedric was sometimes used for winter cruises to the Mediterranean.

From November 1914 to December 1916, Cedric served as an armed merchant cruiser. During the winter of 1916-17, she was used as a troopship; then, for the balance of World War I, she operated as a passenger liner under the British Liner Requisition Scheme. During this service, she rammed and sank Canadian Pacific's Montreal near the Mersey Bar, Liverpool in January 1918.

She returned to White Star in December 1918, and in 1919 she was refitted to accommodate 347-1st, 250-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. On 23rd October1926 she was again altered to cabin, tourist and 3rd class.

By 1931, Cedric was no longer needed by White Star. After her final Liverpool-New York roundtrip in September of that year, she was sold later the same year and scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1932.

[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.2, p.761]