SS Sardinia

The Sardinia was a 1902 put into operation in passenger steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam British shipping company Navigation Company ( P & O), which was used in passenger and mail traffic between Britain and the Far places. The ship survived despite a torpedoing in 1918 the First World War and was until 1925 in service.

History

The 6574 -ton steamship Sardinia was built under yard number 431 at the shipyard Barclay, Curle and Company in Glasgow and launched on June 12, 1902 from the stack. She was one of the five ships of the S -Class, which for passenger and freight service from London built P & O in the Far East. Her sister ships, which have all been completed in 1901, were the Sicilia ( also arose at Barclay, Curle & Company ), the Somali ( at Caird & Company ), the Soudan ( at Caird & Company ) and Syria ( at Alexander Stephen and Sons ).

The Sardinia was 137.25 meters long, 15.94 meters wide and had a maximum draft of 8.29 meters. It could carry 90 first-class passengers and 70 of the Second Class. It was powered by two three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, which had two propellers and enabled a top speed of 14 knots. The engine power was 4500 PSI. On 14 July 1902, the ship was officially registered.

On February 4, 1918, Sardinia was torpedoed by a German U - boat while they drove in a convoy through the Mediterranean. The passengers and most of the crew were transferred to a naval vessel, but the captain and 32 crew members were on board. In order to prevent the collapse of the Scots, the ship was steaming at a speed of only 3.5 knots with the tail forward over 60 nautical miles to Oran, where makeshift repairs to take place. Then the Sardinia went to Gibraltar, where final repairs were made.

On February 23, 1925, the ship was sold for demolition to Kishimoto Kisen KK to Japan. On July 20, 1925, arrived in Osaka and was scrapped shortly thereafter.