SS Persia (1900)

Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900
Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900
History
United Kingdom
NameSS Persia
OwnerPeninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Port of registryLondon
BuilderCaird & Company, Greenock
Yard number295
Launched13 August 1900
FateTorpedoed and sunk, 30 December 1915
General characteristics [1]
TypeCargo-passenger ship
Tonnage7,951 GRT
Length499.8 ft (152.3 m)
Beam54.3 ft (16.6 m)
Depth24.5 ft (7.5 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Persia was a P&O passenger liner, built in 1900 by Caird & Company, Inverclyde, Greenock, Scotland. It was torpedoed and sunk without warning on 30 December 1915, by German U-boat U-38.

  1. ^ "SS Persia". Clyde-built Ship Database. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)