SS Vedic
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|+SS Vedic {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = SS VEDIC.jpg | Ship image size = 425px | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = SS Vedic | Ship owner = White Star Line | Ship operator = White Star Line | Ship registry = Liverpool | Ship route = Belfast-Clyde-Boston | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Harland & Wolff | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 461 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 18 December 1917 | Ship completed = June 1918 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = 11 July 1918 | Ship in service = 10 July 1918 | Ship out of service = 1934 | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Scrapped in 1934 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Ocean liner | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|9332}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|460.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|58.3|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 3 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = Double propeller installation triple blades. | Ship speed = {{convert|14|kn}} (design service speed) | Ship capacity = 1,250 third class | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
On 19 September 1919, while returning British troops home from Russia, Vedic ran aground near North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Vedic was helped back to deep water by warships and tug boats.{{sfn|The Sunday Post|1919|p=1}}
After the War, in 1920, Vedic saw passenger service as intended. She was once again refitted as an ocean liner, and immediately after travelled the Canada-to-Liverpool immigrant route. She took the Liverpool-Australia route in 1925.
In 1934, the White Star Line merged with its chief rival, Cunard Line, forming Cunard-White Star, Ltd. The newly formed company decided that the vessel was too old and needed to be retired from service. She was one of the first ships that Cunard-White Star sent to the breakers. She was sold for scrap in 1934.
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References
- {{cite book |last=McCluskie|first=Tom | title = The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff|year=2013| publisher = History Press Limited| isbn= 9780752488615}} - Total pages: 175
- {{cite news|date=21 September 1919|title=Troopship's Narrow Escape|last=The Sunday Post|author-link=The Sunday Post|newspaper=The Sunday Post|location=Dundee, Scotland}}
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Category:Ocean liners of the United Kingdom