&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Aden_postcard.jpg) Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Persia |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| Port of registry | London |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 295 |
| Launched | 13 August 1900 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 30 December 1915 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cargo-passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 7,951 GRT |
| Length | 499.8 ft (152.3 m) |
| Beam | 54.3 ft (16.6 m) |
| Depth | 24.5 ft (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 18 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.
- ^ "SS Persia". Clyde-built Ship Database. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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