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SS Suevic

British and Norwegian Jubilee-class ocean liner

1901 Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast 12,531 GRT 565 ft Shipwreck
12,531GRT
Tonnage
565ft
Length
63.3ft
Beam
13.5knots
Speed
400passengers
Passengers

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-classs, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship SS Runic. 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.

Text: Wikipedia — SS Suevic, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
12,531 GRT
Length
565 ft
Beam
63.3 ft
Speed
13.5 knots service speed
Passengers
400 passengers 3rd class only
Builder
Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast
Yard number
333
Launched
8 December 1900
Maiden voyage
23 March 1901
In service
1928
Owner
White Star Line; Finnhval A/S
Port of registry
Liverpool, England
Propulsion
Two propellers
Fate
Scuttled 1 April 1942
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