SS Socotra
{{Short description|British ship}}
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SS Socotra was a British general purpose cargo ship built for P&O and launched in 1896. The vessel served in commercial cargo service to and from Far East and Australia.
It was beached off Le Touquet, France in 1915 with cargo from Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linerwrecks.com/po/wrecks/socotra_1.html|title=Liner Wrecks - P&O - Socotra (1)|website=linerwrecks.com}} and the ship broke in two.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/socotra1897.html |title=Socotra |website=Tyne Built Ships |access-date=8 October 2021 }} It is located a short distance from the wreck of the Orion.
The ship was the namesake for Socotra Rock, which it discovered during a voyage in the Far East in 1900.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2911 |title=SS Socotra [+1915] |website=Wrecksite |access-date=8 October 2021 }}
SS ''Socotra'' 1943
P&O would commission another vessel as Socotra, built in 1943 as passenger ship and scrapped in 1965.{{cite web |url=https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/node/936139 |title=Socotra |website=passengers.history.sa.gov.au |access-date=8 October 2021 }}
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Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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