SS Pericles

Pericles
History
United Kingdom
Name	Pericles
Namesake	Pericles
Owner	George Thompson & Co Ltd
Operator	Aberdeen Line
Port of registry	Aberdeen
Route	London – Cape Town – Brisbane
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Cost	£240,000
Yard number	392
Launched	21 December 1907
Completed	4 June 1908
Maiden voyage	8 July 1908
Identification	UK official number 127153 code letters HMQP
Fate	Struck a rock and sank, 1910
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	10,925 GRT 7,045 NRT 11,200 DWT
Length	500.6 ft (152.6 m)
Beam	62.3 ft (19.0 m)
Draught	28.0 ft (8.53 m) forward 27.0 ft (8.23 m) aft
Depth	39.4 ft (12.0 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,075 NHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	100 saloon class 250 third class
Crew	163
Sensors and processing systems	submarine signalling
Notes	sister ships: Themistocles, Demosthenes

SS Pericles was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1907 in Ireland for the Aberdeen Line service between Great Britain and Australia via South Africa. When new, she was the largest ship on the route.

Pericles was wrecked in 1910 off the coast of Western Australia, but without loss of life.^[1] Federal Australian law now protects her wreck off Cape Leeuwin for its historic significance.^[1]