SS Pontic
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = SS Pontic.jpg | Ship caption = Pontic alongside SS Georgic }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = SS Pontic | Ship owner = *White Star Line (1894–1914)
| Ship operator = | Ship registry = *{{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Liverpool, UK (1894–1923)
| Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Harland & Wolff Ltd | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 283 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 3 February 1894 | Ship completed = 13 April 1894 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = 13 April 1894 | Ship out of service = 1930 | Ship identification = *United Kingdom official number 102143
| Ship fate = Sold to shipbreakers in 1930 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = *Tender (1894–1925)
| Ship tonnage = *{{GRT|394}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|150|ft|5|in|m|2}} | Ship beam = {{convert|26|ft|1|in|m|2}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = {{convert|11|ft|1|in|m|2}} | Ship decks = 3 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 64 bhp | Ship propulsion = Triple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller | Ship speed = {{convert|8|kn|km/h}} | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
SS Pontic was a tender and baggage vessel of the White Star Line that was built in 1894 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, United Kingdom.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1102143|shipname=Pontic |accessdate=8 January 2020}} She was sold in 1919 and continued in that role. In 1925, she was sold and used as a collier. She was scrapped in 1930.
Description
Pontic was {{convert|150|ft|5|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|26|ft|1|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|11|ft|1|in|m|2}}.{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0949.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=12 September 2011}} Pontic was propelled by a 62 bhp triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|13|in|cm}}, {{convert|21|in|cm}} and {{convert|34|in|cm}} diameter by {{convert|24|in|cm}} stroke. The engine was built by Harland & Wolff. It could propel the ship at {{convert|8|kn|km/h}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.red-duster.co.uk/WSTAR6.htm |title=THE WHITE STAR LINE |publisher=The Merchant Navy Association |accessdate=12 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531153244/http://www.red-duster.co.uk/WSTAR6.htm |archivedate=31 May 2012 }}
History
The ship was launched on 3 February 1894 from the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She was delivered on 13 April that year. The United Kingdom official number 102143 and code letters NJFK were allocated. Her port of registry was Liverpool, Lancashire.
While in the Manchester Ship Canal on 3 May 1902, the Pontic, carrying a cargo of coal, collided with a Welsh steamer named Shahristan and was badly damaged.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19021209/077/0005|title=Register | British Newspaper Archive}}
On 9 October 1919, Pontic was sold to Rea Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html |title=White Star Line / Oceanic Steamship Company / White Star Line of Boston Packets |publisher=The Ships List |accessdate=12 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716184616/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html |archivedate=16 July 2012 }} She continued in use as a tender. On 23 January 1925, Pontic was sold to John Donaldson's Beardmore Steam Ship Co Ltd. She was placed under the management of Beardmore Donaldson Coal Trimmers Ltd and used as a collier and sand carrier. Pontic was scrapped at a Clyde shipbreakers in 1930.
See also
- {{SS|Nomadic|1911}}, another White Star Line tender.
Notes
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{{White Star Line ships}}
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Category:Ships built in Belfast
Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom