SS Gallic (1918)
{{Short description|British-built cargo steamship}}
{{Other ships|SS Gallic}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= SS Gallic (2).jpg |Ship image size= |Ship caption= SS Gallic }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |Ship name= *War Argus (October 1918 – August 1919)
|Ship owner= *Shipping Controller (October 1918 – August 1919)
|Ship operator= White Star Line |Ship registry= Liverpool |Ship route= Australian service |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= 436 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 19 October 1918 |Ship completed= 12 December 1918 |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= August 1919 |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= *UK official number 142741
|Ship fate= Sold to Clan Line in October 1933 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= title |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |Ship name= Clan Colquhoun |Ship owner= Clan Line |Ship operator= *Clan Line (1933–1941, 1946–1947)
|Ship registry= Glasgow |Ship route= Atlantic cargo service |Ship acquired= October 1933 |Ship in service= October 1933 |Ship out of service= February 1947 |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= title |Ship country= Panama |Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Panama}} |Ship name= Ioannis Livanos |Ship owner= Zarati Steamship Co. |Ship operator= |Ship registry= Panama |Ship route= |Ship acquired= February 1947 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= 1949 |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold to Dos Oceanos Cia de Nav SA in 1949 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= title |Ship country= Panama |Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Panama}} |Ship name= Jenny |Ship owner= Dos Oceanos Cia de Nav SA) |Ship operator= |Ship registry= Panama |Ship route= |Ship acquired= 1949 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= 1951 |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia in 1951 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= title |Ship country= Indonesia |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Indonesia}} |Ship name= *Imam Bondjal (1951–1952)
|Ship owner= Djakarta Lloyd NV |Ship operator= |Ship registry= Djakarta |Ship route= |Ship acquired= 1951 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= 1955 |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold to Japanese breakers in 1955; scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= War Standard Type "G" |Ship tonnage= {{GRT|7912}}, {{NRT|4888}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{cvt|450.0|ft|abbr=on}} registered |Ship beam= {{cvt|58.5|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship depth= {{cvt|32.8|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= 3 |Ship power= 438 NHP or 5,800 ihp |Ship propulsion= *2 × triple-expansion steam engines
|Ship speed= {{convert|12.5|kn|abbr=on|0}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Gallic was a cargo steamship 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 surviving White Star Line cargo ship."SS Gallic," de Kerbrech, Richard (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 179. {{ISBN|978-0-7110-3366-5}}
Career
In the latter part of the First World War the UK Shipping Controller ordered a large number of merchant ships, built to a set of standard designs, to replace losses due to German's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. One of these was War Argus; one of 22 Standard Type "G" ships. She was built by Workman, Clark & Co. of Belfast, who launched her on 19 October and completed her on 12 December, a month after the Armistice.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074430/http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/WSL_gallic.htm "SS Gallic II ", "Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships"]}} 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 renamed Gallic.
Gallic then served on the Australian service, and was later switched to Atlantic cargo service. As a result of the Depression and the merger of White Star with the Cunard Line, in October 1933 Gallic was sold to the Clan Line and renamed Clan Colquhoun. She continued her service on the same Atlantic route for the next 14 years. During the Second World War, she was operated by the Ministry of War Transport as a refrigerated cargo carrier; unlike many other cargo steamers, she survived the war without incident.
In February 1947, Clan Colquhoun was sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama and renamed Ioannis 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 her Jenny. In 1951, she was sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia, which renamed her Imam Bondjal, but changed this to Djatinegra in 1952. In 1955, after 37 years of service, she was sold to Japanese breakers for scrapping. While under tow from Djakarta to Osaka, on 1 December 1955 Djatinegra was forced to put in at Lingayen in the Philippines with her engine room flooded. She was refloated on 21 February 1956 and was scrapped at Hong Kong shortly after.
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Category:Merchant ships of Indonesia
Category:Merchant ships of Panama
Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Ships built in Belfast
Category:Ships of the Clan Line
Category:Ships of the White Star Line
Category:Standard World War I ships