SS Doric (1923)

Registration number: 147 215

The Doric (II ) was a 1923 put into service passenger ship in the British shipping company White Star Line, which was used as an ocean liner on the north Atlantic route from Britain to Canada. In 1935, she was so badly damaged by a ship collision, that it was declared a total loss and scrapped.

The ship

The 16,484 -ton passenger ship Doric was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was launched on August 8, 1922 from the stack. The 175.41 meters long and 20.69 meters wide, the ship had a chimney, two masts and two propellers and could reach a top speed of 15 knots. She was the second and last ship of the White Star Line, which was driven by steam turbines. The passenger accommodations were rated for 600 passengers of the cabin class and 1,700 third class passengers. Its outer design was similar to the Pittsburgh American Line (later Pennland ) and the Regina Dominion Line ( later Western country).

The Doric was completed on 29 May 1923 and ran on June 8, 1923 in Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal from. On this route they remained throughout the following years until it expired May 27, 1932 for their last trip on this route. Then it was launched and from 1933 it was used only for cruises. 1934 was the Doric under the management of the newly formed Cunard White Star Ltd.. , Which resulted from the acquisition of the White Star Line by the former rival Cunard Line.

On September 5, 1935, the Doric came off Cape Finisterre on the northwest coast of Spain with the Formigny the French shipping company Compagnie Shippers Réunis together. 241 passengers were taken over by the P & O ship Viceroy of India. In Vigo makeshift repairs were made, but the damage was so great that the shipping company decided after an inspection to not put the ship repaired. The Doric was sold for demolition to John Cashmore in Newport ( Wales) and there scrapped in November 1935.