SS Calgaric

The Calgaric in port
History
United Kingdom
Name	1917: Orca 1927: Calgaric
Namesake	1917: orca 1927: Calgary
Owner	1918: Pacific SN Line 1923: Royal Mail Line 1927: Oceanic SN Co
Operator	1918: Pacific SN Co 1923: Royal Mail Steam Packet 1927: * White Star Line
Port of registry	London
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	442
Launched	5 April 1917
Completed	1917
Acquired	25 May 1918
Maiden voyage	as an ocean liner: 3 January 1923
Refit	1922, 1927
Identification	UK official number 140579 code letters JTLW (until 1933) call sign GLTR (1934)
Fate	Scrapped 1934
General characteristics
Type	1918: cargo ship 1922: ocean liner
Tonnage	16,063 GRT 9,614 net NRT
Length	550.3 ft (167.7 m)
Beam	67.3 ft (20.5 m)
Draught	35 ft 8+1⁄2 in (10.9 m)
Depth	43.0 ft (13.1 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	11,900 ihp
Propulsion	3 × screws 2 × triple expansion engines 1 × exhaust steam turbine
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	1922 refit: 190 1st class, 220 2nd class, 480 3rd class 1927 refit: 290 1st class, 550 tourist class, 330 3rd class refrigerated cargo: 62,245 cubic feet (1,762.6 m3)[1]
Notes	sister ships: Orduña, Orbita

SS Calgaric was a steam ocean liner that was completed in 1917, assumes service in 1918 and scrapped in 1934. She was built for the Pacific SN Co Line as Orca. In 1923 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Line. In 1927 she was transferred to White Star Line and renamed Calgaric.

Orca was the third of three sister ships built for Pacific Steam. The first was Orduña, launched in 1913, and the second was Orbita, launched in 1914.