SS Corinthic (1902)

SS Corinthic was a British passenger ship, built in 1902 by Harland & Wolff and launched for the British shipping companies White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. She was the second of the Athenic-class ocean liners built for passenger and cargo service between Britain and New Zealand. Her sister ships were SS Athenic (1902) and SS Ionic (1903).

History
United Kingdom
NameCorinthic
Owner White Star Line
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number343
Launched10 April 1902
Completed14 July 1902
Commissioned20 November 1902
Maiden voyage20 November 1902
Identification
FateScrapped December 1931
General characteristics
Class and typeAthenic-class ocean liner
Tonnage12,367 GRT
Length500.3 feet (152.5 m)
Beam63.3 feet (19.3 m)
Depth45 feet (14 m)
Installed power604 NHP
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity
  • 121 (First Class)
  • 117 (Second Class)
  • 450 (Third Class)
Crew185 to 200

On 19 November 1902, she sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Wellington. After calling at Plymouth on 22 November before heading south, she had onboard 589 passengers; 61 First Class, 83 Second Class and 452 Third Class, a majority of them English immigrants. Following a route similar to that of White Star's Jubilee Class service to Australia, Athenic and her sisters provided service to South Africa and Tasmania as well via the Canary Islands, calling at Cape Town before crossing the Indian Ocean, after which she called at the Tasmanian capital of Hobart before making port at Wellington on 6 January.[1]

In 1931 Corinthic was decommissioned and scrapped.

References

  1. The Lyttelton Times, Jan 1, 1903, p. 4

Sources

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