SS Coptic

SS Coptic
History
United Kingdom
NameCoptic
OwnerOceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Operator
Port of registryLiverpool
Route
  • Liverpool–New York (1881)
  • San Francisco–Hong Kong (1882–1883)
  • Outbound: London–Plymouth–Tenerife–Cape Town–Hobart–New Zealand (Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington and/or Auckland; Napier occasionally); Inbound: Cape Horn–Montevideo–Rio de Janeiro–Tenerife–Plymouth–London (1884–1895).[1]
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number142
Launched10 August 1881
Acquired9 November 1881
Maiden voyage16 November 1881
Out of service30 October 1906
FateSold December 1906
United States
NamePersia
OwnerPacific Mail Steamship Company
Port of registryLondon
RouteSan Francisco-Hong Kong
AcquiredDecember 1906
HomeportSan Francisco
FateSold 1915
Japan
NamePersia Maru
Owner
  • Oriental Steam Ship Co.
  • (Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha)
Port of registryYokohama
Route
  • Yokohama–San Francisco–Hong Kong (1915–1922)
  • Yokohama-Netherlands East Indies (1922–1924)
Acquired1915
In service1915
Out of serviceDecember 1924
FateScrapped at Osaka 1926
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length430 ft 2 in (131.11 m)[1][3]
Beam42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)[1]
Depth31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)[3]
Propulsion
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) (as built)

SS Coptic was a steamship built in 1881, which was successively owned by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Japanese Oriental Steam Ship Co. (Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha) before being scrapped in 1926. She was filmed by Thomas Edison in 1897 in one of his early movies. The movie is currently stored in the Library of Congress.

  1. ^ a b c d "SS Coptic," de Kerbrech, Richard (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 34–36. ISBN 978-0-7110-3366-5
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