.jpg) SSGallic | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 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 toClan Line in October 1933 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Clan Colquhoun |
| Owner | Clan Line |
| Operator |
|
| 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 toDos 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 PT Djakarta Lloyd of Indonesia in 1951 |
 Indonesia | |
| Name |
|
| Owner | PT Djakarta Lloyd[1] |
| 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 & 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 | 438NHP or 5,800ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 kn (23 km/h; 14 mph) |
SSGallic was a cargosteamship 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 survivingWhite Star Line cargo ship.[1]
In the latter part of theFirst World War the UKShipping Controller ordered a large number ofmerchant ships, built to a set of standard designs, to replace losses due to German's resumption ofunrestricted submarine warfare. One of these wasWar Argus; one of 22 Standard Type "G" ships. She was built byWorkman, Clark & Co. ofBelfast, who launched her on 19 October and completed her on 12 December, a month after the Armistice.[2] She was operated by the White Star Line for the government until she was officially declared surplus in 1919. In August 1919,War Argus was purchased by White Star and renamedGallic.
Gallic then served on the Australian service, and was later switched to Atlantic cargo service. As a result of theDepression and the merger of White Star with theCunard Line, in October 1933Gallic was sold to theClan Line and renamedClan Colquhoun. She continued her service on the same Atlantic route for the next 14 years. During theSecond World War, she was operated by theMinistry of War Transport as a refrigerated cargo carrier; unlike many other cargo steamers, she survived the war without incident.[1]
In February 1947,Clan Colquhoun was sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama and renamedIoannis 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 herJenny. In 1951, she was sold toPT Djakarta Lloyd of Indonesia, which renamed herImam Bondjal, but changed this toDjatinegara in 1952. In 1955, after 37 years of service, she was sold to Japanese breakers forscrapping. While under tow fromDjakarta toOsaka, on 1 December 1955Djatinegara was forced to put in atLingayen in the Philippines with her engine room flooded. She was refloated on 21 February 1956 and was scrapped at Hong Kong shortly after.[1]
