SS Suevic

58°09′30″N 11°11′40″E / 58.15833°N 11.19444°E / 58.15833; 11.19444

SS Suevic
History
United Kingdom
NameSuevic
OwnerWhite Star Line
Port of registryLiverpool, England
Ordered1899
BuilderHarland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast
Yard number333
Launched8 December 1900
Completed9 March 1901
Maiden voyage23 March 1901
FateSold, 1928
Norway
NameSkytteren
OwnerFinnhval A/S
In service1928
HomeportTønsberg, Norway
FateScuttled 1 April 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeJubilee-class ocean liner
Tonnage12,531 GRT
Length565 ft (172 m)
Beam63.3 ft (19.3 m)
Depth39.9 ft (12.2 m)
Installed powerTwo Four-cylinder quadruple-expansion steam engines
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) service speed
Capacity400 passengers 3rd class only

SS Suevic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. Suevic was the fifth and last of the Jubilee-class ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship Runic.[1] In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern portion. Later serving as a Norwegian whaling factory ship carrying the name Skytteren, she was scuttled off the Swedish coast in 1942 to prevent her capture by ships of Nazi Germany.

  1. ^ "Suevic". Great Ocean Liners.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2007.