Fate Scrapped, 1925 Tonnage 12,268 GRT7,717 NRT Launched 31 May 1900 Beam 18 m | Type Passenger liner Depth 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) Length 176 m Builder Harland and Wolff | |
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Name SS Commonwealth (1900-1903)SS Canopic (1903-1925) Operator Dominion Line (1900-1903)White Star Line (1903-1925) | ||
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 12,268 GRT ship was 578 feet (176 m) long, and powered by a 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine which gave her a service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). 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.
