SS Corinthic (1902)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Corinthic.

SS Corinthic at Wellington
History
United Kingdom
Name	Corinthic
Owner	White Star Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	343
Launched	10 April 1902
Completed	14 July 1902
Commissioned	20 November 1902
Maiden voyage	20 November 1902
Identification	UK official number 112596 code letters TLWJ
Fate	Scrapped December 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Athenic-class ocean liner
Tonnage	12,367 GRT
Length	500.3 feet (152.5 m)
Beam	63.3 feet (19.3 m)
Depth	45 feet (14 m)
Installed power	604 NHP
Propulsion	quadruple expansion steam engines; twin screw
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity	121 (First Class) 117 (Second Class) 450 (Third Class)
Crew	185 to 200

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).

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.

Photograph of Corinthic

In 1931 Corinthic was decommissioned and scrapped.

Sources

• Ship Description from The Ships List