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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Corinthic |
| Owner |  White Star Line |
| Port of registry |  Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 343 |
| Launched | 10 April 1902 |
| Completed | 14 July 1902 |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1902 |
| Maiden voyage | 20 November 1902 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped December 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Athenic-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 12,367 GRT |
| Length | 500.3 feet (152.5 m) |
| Beam | 63.3 feet (19.3 m) |
| Depth | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Installed power | 604 NHP |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 185 to 200 |
SS Corinthic was a British passenger ship, built in 1902 by Harland & Wolff and launched for the British shipping companies White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. She was the second of the Athenic-class ocean liners built for passenger and cargo service between Britain and New Zealand. Her sister ships were SS Athenic (1902) and SS Ionic (1903).
On 19 November 1902, she sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Wellington. After calling at Plymouth on 22 November before heading south, she had onboard 589 passengers; 61 First Class, 83 Second Class and 452 Third Class, a majority of them English immigrants. Following a route similar to that of White Star's Jubilee Class service to Australia, Athenic and her sisters provided service to South Africa and Tasmania as well via the Canary Islands, calling at Cape Town before crossing the Indian Ocean, after which she called at the Tasmanian capital of Hobart before making port at Wellington on 6 January.[1]
In 1931 Corinthic was decommissioned and scrapped.