SS Bovic
 SS Bovic | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
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| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number: | 252 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1892 |
| Completed: | 22 August 1892 |
| Maiden voyage: | 26 August 1892 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6,583 GRT |
| Length: | 470 ft (143.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × reciprocating steam engines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24.1 km/h) |
SS Bovic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line.
A sister ship to the Naronic, the ship was launched on 28 June 1892, completed on 22 August 1892[1] and began her maiden voyage on 26 August 1892, sailing from Liverpool to New York City. Originally designed to carry livestock with a small number of passengers, she was later converted into a passenger ship.[2]
On 19 August 1915, while off the coast of southern Ireland, she narrowly avoided destruction by what is believed to be the German U-boat U-24, which had sunk four other vessels, including White Star Line's Arabic in the same area that day. Bovic was pursued by the submarine, but managed to escape.[3]
In 1917 she was requisitioned for war service.[2]
In 1922 she was sold to the Leyland Line and renamed Colonian. She was scrapped at Rotterdam in 1928.[2]
References
- ↑ McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780752488615.
- 1 2 3 "Bovic, White Star Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ Smith, Gordon (2011). "British Merchant Navy Ships Lost and Damaged at Sea in World War I". naval-history.net. Retrieved 4 November 2012.