SS Persic
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.jpg) SS Persic in Australia, 1899
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Persic |
| Owner | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 325 |
| Launched | 7 September 1899 |
| Completed | 16 November 1899 |
| In service | December 1899 |
| Out of service | September 1926 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, July 1927 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Jubilee-class passenger-cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 11,973 GT |
| Length | 550 ft 2 in (167.69 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft 3 in (19.28 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 4-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity |
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SS Persic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line, built by Harland and Wolff in 1899.[1] She was one of the five "Jubilee Class" ships (the others being the Afric, Medic, Suevic and Runic) built specifically to service the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route.[2]
On October 26, 1899, Persic assisted the crew of the schooner Maudra, which had caught on fire. She was requisitioned as a troopship during World War I.[1] On September 7, 1918, during her wartime service, the Persic was torpedoed by a German U-boat (believed to be SM UB-87) near the Isles of Scilly. She was assisted by aircraft from RNAS Tresco and despite substantial damage, limped back to port under her own power.
In 1900, from September-November, Australian artists Hugh Ramsay and George Washington Lambert travelled on the Persic from Sydney to London. Lambert became successful in London; Ramsay preferred Paris but had to return to Australia when his health failed.[3]
In 1920, Persic was refitted as a passenger vessel. She was scrapped in 1927, with a successful seven-year career as a liner behind her. In total she gave 28 years of reliable service.
References
- ^ a b c "Persic, White Star Line". norwayheritage.com. 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b Clarkson, Andrew (2013). "SS Persic". titanic-titanic.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Fullerton, Patricia (1988). Hugh Ramsay, his life and work. Hawthorn, Victoria: Hudson. ISBN 0949873101.
