Owner White Star Line Completed 15 May 1897 Launched 1897 Builder Harland and Wolff | Yard number 309 Tonnage 8,273 GRT Length 144 m | |
Fate Torpedoed and sunk 16 August 1917 | ||
SS Delphic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line, built by Harland and Wolff and completed on 15 May 1897. She worked the New Zealand trade. Delphic served as a troopship during the Second Boer War.
On 16 February 1917, Delphic narrowly avoided being torpedoed by U-60 off the south coast of Ireland; the torpedo was fired, but just missed the ship. In March 1917, she was taken over under the Liner Requisition Scheme. On 16 August 1917, Delphic was torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-72 135 miles (217 km) from Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°30′N 9°10′W), during a coal transport voyage from Cardiff, Wales, to Montevideo, Uruguay. Five people were killed in the sinking.
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