SS Canopic

File:SS Canopic.jpg SS Canopic
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Commonwealth (1900-1903) SS Canopic (1903-1925)
Operator	File:Dominion Line Flag.svg Dominion Line (1900-1903) White Star Line (1903-1925)
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched	31 May 1900
Fate	Scrapped, 1925
General characteristics
Type	Passenger liner
Tonnage	12,268 GRT 7,717 NRT
Length	596 ft (182 m) overall
Beam	59 ft 3 in (18.06 m)
Depth	35 ft 10 in (10.92 m)
Propulsion	Harland & Wolff 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine 2 screws
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity	1,300 passengers: 250 × 1st class 250 × 2nd class 800 × 3rd class

SS Canopic was a passenger liner of the White Star Line.

The ship was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Dominion Line, and launched on 31 May 1900 as the Commonwealth. The 12,268 GRT ship was 578 feet (176 m) long, and powered by a 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine which gave her a service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). She could carry up to 1,300 passengers.

The ship initially operated between Liverpool and Boston, but in 1903 she was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed Canopic. Her first crossing for the White Star Line began on 14 January 1904, on which she sailed from Liverpool to Boston. Immediately after this first crossing, she joined the Romanic and Republic on the White Star Line's new Mediterranean service, on which she would remain for more than 13 years. She was requisitioned for war service between 1917 and 1919, then served on the Liverpool–Montreal route until 1925, when she was scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales. Timber panelling from the dining hall was salvaged and installed in the former Canopic Restaurant at Mumbles from where it was later reinstalled in the town's White Rose hotel.

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• Multiple images of the Commonwealth including interior