1903 - 33 Does it look like the world's biggest ship? It was.

At 23,876 gross tons, she was the world's largest ship 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 RMS CelticCedric, and Adriatic).

But there's always a bigger ship coming down the slip, and the title passes. Speaking of which . . .

On 14 April 1912, Baltic sent an ice warning message to the RMS Titanic:

"Greek steamer Athenia reports passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice today in latitude 41° 51' N, longitude 49° 52' W. Wish you and Titanic all success. Commander.