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SS Canopic

Passenger liner of the White Star Line


Passenger liner of the White Star Line

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageSS Canopic.jpg
image_captionSS Canopic
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryUnited Kingdom
flag
name SS Commonwealth* (1900-1903)
operator* [[File:Dominion_Line_Flag.svgborder20px]] Dominion Line (1900-1903)
builderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
launched31 May 1900
fateScrapped, 1925
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption
typePassenger liner
tonnage*
length596 ft overall
beam59 ft
depth35 ft
propulsion*Harland & Wolff 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine
speed16 kn
capacity* 1,300 passengers:
  • SS Canopic (1903-1925)

  • White Star Line (1903-1925)

  • 2 screws

  • 250 × 1st class

  • 250 × 2nd class

  • 800 × 3rd class '*SS *Canopic''''' was a passenger liner of the White Star Line.

The ship was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Dominion Line, and launched on 31 May 1900 as the Commonwealth. The ship was 578 ft long, and powered by a 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine which gave her a service speed of 16 kn. She could carry up to 1,300 passengers.

The ship initially operated between Liverpool and Boston, but in 1903 she was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed Canopic. Her first crossing for the White Star Line began on 14 January 1904, on which she sailed from Liverpool to Boston. Immediately after this first crossing, she joined the Romanic and Republic on the White Star Line's new Mediterranean service, on which she would remain for more than 13 years. She was requisitioned for war service between 1917 and 1919, then served on the Liverpool–Montreal route until 1925, when she was scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales. Timber panelling from the dining hall was salvaged and installed in the former Canopic Restaurant at Mumbles from where it was later reinstalled in the town's White Rose hotel.

References

References

  1. Solem, Borge. (2012). "Commonwealth, Dominion Line". norwayheritage.com.
  2. Solem, Borge. (2012). "Canopic, White Star Line". norwayheritage.com.
  3. Davies, Bryan E.. "A History of Mumbles".
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