Two other of these “Intermediates” were added to the White Star Line in 1901 and 1903 respectively. These are the _Celtic_ and _Cedric_, and a photograph of the latter will be seen opposite page 176. Only in regard to speed have these handsome vessels the slightest right to be designated “intermediate.” They both possess a tonnage about twice that of the _City of Paris_, for the _Celtic_ is 20,880, and the _Cedric_ 21,034 tons, and the speed of each is 16 knots. Speed is not the main consideration to those who have the slightest affection for ships and the sea. The beautiful motion of the _Cedric_, for instance, in a winter’s Atlantic gale, rolling and pitching in a manner just enough to show she is a living ship and not a dull, lifeless steel box, pursuing her way with boldness and dignity, caring little for the great waves mounting up astern, is a delight that lives long in one’s memory. She has no need to break her neck hurrying and scurrying, trying to become a large-sized submarine; she prefers to go _over_ the sea rather than through it, and this with a movement that is comparable to that of a well-bred lady gliding along smoothly and with dignity. From the owners’ point of view these are economical ships to run, for with 16 knots the coal consumption is very moderate, whilst at the same time their size enables them to carry large numbers of passengers and considerable quantities of cargo. As evidence of the remarkable evolution in type, I would ask the reader to compare the accompanying illustration of the _Cedric_ with that of the _Great Eastern_. Both are of about the same length, although the latter was about 8 feet wider, and at the time of her launch the _Cedric_ was the largest ship of any kind that had hitherto been constructed. Another “intermediate,” the _Arabic_, followed in the same year, possessing the same speed of 16 knots, but a tonnage only of 15,801. This is one of the vessels employed on the Liverpool-New York route, the Southampton-New York White Star service being supplied by the _Adriatic_ (to which I shall refer presently), together with the _Oceanic_, the _Majestic_ and the _Teutonic_.