Cretic - steerage passengers 1911

White Star Line steamship built 1902 at Hebburn by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. as the "Hanoverian" for the Leyland Line. In 1903 she was sold to the Dominion Line and renamed "Mayflower", and later the same year renamed "Cretic" for the White Star Line. This image is from an old private snapshot taken in 1911 and shows steerage passengers on deck. For more ship history see: S/S Cretic