 SS Persic
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 GRT |
| 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] The voyage took six weeks.[3][4]
Persic was the third Jubilee-class ship to be built for the Australia service, and was launched at Belfast on 7 September 1899, entering service on 7 December that year. Persic, like her sisters was a single-funnel liner, which had capacity for 320 third class passengers, and also had substantial cargo capacity with seven cargo holds, most of them refrigerated for the transport of Australian meat.[5]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "The S.S. Persic". The Herald. No. 6257. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The S.S. Persic". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIX, no. 26, 078. South Australia. 26 July 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 24 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Kerbrech, Richard De (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 78–87. ISBN 978-0-7110-3366-5.