Georgic (II)
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger and cargo ship
Official No: 162365
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 896
Laid down: 30 November 1929
Launched: 12 November 1931
Handed over: 10 June 1932
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 9 June 1932
Managing Owner & Address: Arthur Belcher Cauty, 30 James Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 4
Number of Masts: 2
Rigged: Fore and aft schooner
Stern: Cruiser
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel
Number of Bulkheads: 12
Number of water ballast tanks: 15
Dimensions
Length: 683.58 ft
Breadth: 82.4 ft
Depth: 53.42 ft
Gross Registered Tonnage: 27,759.26
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: 2 X vertical reciprocating internal combustion
Cylinders: 20 X 840 millimetres (30 7/16 inches)
Stroke: 1,600 millimetres (63 inches)
Nominal Horse Power: 4,240
Boilers
Description: Single ended donkey
Number: 2
Iron or Steel: Steel, wrought iron tubes
Pressure when loaded: 150 lbs
Screw: Twin
Speed: 18 knots
Signal Letters: L. H. R. F.
NOTES
The motor-vessel Georgic was the last White Star liner designed and constructed for the Company. Laid down on the same berth in Harland & Wolff’s North Yard as her older sister Britannic (Yard No. 807), the order to proceed with her construction in October 1929, at the time, went someway towards compensating Harland & Wolff for the delay and ultimately the cancellation in the construction of Oceanic (Yard No. 844) designed as a rival to Cunard's Queen Mary. In 1934 Cunard and White Star amalgamated and the relationship between White Star and Harland & Wolff ended after almost 65 years; in future all new orders by the combined Company went to other shipbuilding yards.
