SS Delphic (1925)
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The Delphic was a British freighter operated by the White Star Line, the company's second ship to bear this name. She was built by the Harland & Wolff shipyards in 1916 to serve the war effort under the name of War Icarus, belonging to the series of "Type G" cargo ships. Launched in September 1918 and commissioned in the following October, she was the only ship in the series to be completed before the end of the First World War. During this time, she was operated by a Liverpool company.
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Builder | Harland & Wolff |
Launched | 19 September 1918 |
Completed | 31 October 1918 |
In service | 1918 |
Out of service | 1948 |
Fate | Scrapped July 1948 |
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Class and type | Type G freighter |
Tonnage | 8002 Gross register tons |
Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 58.4 ft (17.8 m) |
Installed power | 2 Triple expansion steam engines |
Propulsion | 2 propellors |
Speed | 12.5–13 kn (23.2–24.1 km/h; 14.4–15.0 mph) |
In 1919, she was bought by the Atlantic Transport Line, which renamed her Mesaba and operated her for six years. She was then transferred to Atlantic's sister company, White Star, in 1925, and renamed Delphic, to replace another cargo ship of the same type that had been damaged the previous year, Bardic. For the next eight years, the ship served on the Australian service. In 1933, the company, preparing to merge with the Cunard Line, sold off its now unwanted ships. Delphic was sold, along with sister ship Gallic, to the Clan Line which renamed her Clan Farquhar. She continued to operate on the route to Australia until she was withdrawn for scrapping in 1948, after a total of thirty years of service.