SS Gallic (1918)
.jpg) SS Gallic
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Route | Australian service |
| Builder | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast |
| Yard number | 436 |
| Launched | 19 October 1918 |
| Completed | 12 December 1918 |
| In service | August 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to Clan Line in October 1933 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Clan Colquhoun |
| Owner | Clan Line |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route | Atlantic cargo service |
| Acquired | October 1933 |
| In service | October 1933 |
| Out of service | February 1947 |
| Fate | Sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama |
 Panama | |
| Name | Ioannis Livanos |
| Owner | Zarati Steamship Co. |
| Port of registry | Panama |
| Acquired | February 1947 |
| Out of service | 1949 |
| Fate | Sold to Dos Oceanos Cia de Nav SA in 1949 |
| Panama | |
| Name | Jenny |
| Owner | Dos Oceanos Cia de Nav SA) |
| Port of registry | Panama |
| Acquired | 1949 |
| Out of service | 1951 |
| Fate | Sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia in 1951 |
 Indonesia | |
| Name |
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| Owner | Djakarta Lloyd NV |
| Port of registry | Djakarta |
| Acquired | 1951 |
| Out of service | 1955 |
| Fate | Sold to Japanese breakers in 1955; scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | War Standard Type "G" |
| Tonnage | 7,912 GRT, 4,888 NRT |
| Length | 450.0 ft (137.2 m) registered |
| Beam | 58.5 ft (17.8 m) |
| Depth | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 438 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 kn (23 km/h; 14 mph) |
SS Gallic was a cargo steamship built in 1918. During her career, she had six different owners and sailed under the flags of the United Kingdom, Panama and Indonesia. She underwent seven name changes during her 37-year career. She was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956, the last surviving White Star Line cargo ship.[1]
Career
In the latter part of the
Gallic then served on the Australian service, and was later switched to Atlantic cargo service. As a result of the
In February 1947, Clan Colquhoun was sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama and renamed Ioannis Livanos. However, her new owners sold her in 1949 to another Panamanian shipping company, the Two Oceans Navigation Company SA (Dos Oceanos Compania de Navegacion SA), which renamed her Jenny. In 1951, she was sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia, which renamed her Imam Bondjal, but changed this to Djatinegra in 1952. In 1955, after 37 years of service, she was sold to Japanese breakers for