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History
SS CalgaricUnited Kingdom
Name
  • 1917: Orca
  • 1927: Calgaric
Namesake
  • 1917: orca
  • 1927: Calgary
Owner
  • 1918: Pacific SN Line
  • 1923: Royal Mail Line
  • 1927: Oceanic SN Co
Operator
  • 1918: Pacific SN Co
  • 1923: Royal Mail Steam Packet
  • 1927: * White Star Line
Port of registryLondon
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number442
Launched5 April 1917
Completed1917
Acquired25 May 1918
Maiden voyage
  • as an ocean liner:
  • 3 January 1923
Refit1922, 1927
Identification
  • UK official number 140579
  • code letters JTLW (until 1933)
  • call sign GLTR (1934)
FateScrapped 1934
General characteristics
Type
  • 1918: cargo ship
  • 1922: ocean liner
Tonnage
  • 16,063 GRT
  • 9,614 net NRT
Length550.3 ft (167.7 m)
Beam67.3 ft (20.5 m)
Draught35 ft 8+12 in (10.9 m)
Depth43.0 ft (13.1 m)
Decks2
Installed power11,900 ihp
Propulsion
  • 3 × screws
  • 2 × triple expansion engines
  • 1 × exhaust steam turbine
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity
  • 1922 refit: 190 1st class, 220 2nd class, 480 3rd class
  • 1927 refit: 290 1st class, 550 tourist class, 330 3rd class
  • refrigerated cargo: 62,245 cubic feet (1,762.6 m3)[1]
Notessister ships: Orduña, Orbita

SS Calgaric was a steam ocean liner that was completed in 1917, assumes service in 1918 and scrapped in 1934. She was built for the Pacific SN Co Line as Orca. In 1923 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Line. In 1927 she was transferred to White Star Line and renamed Calgaric.

Orca was the third of three sister ships built for Pacific Steam. The first was Orduña, launched in 1913, and the second was Orbita, launched in 1914.

  1. ^ "List of Vessels Fitted with Refrigerating Appliances". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). Vol. I. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1930. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Southampton City Council.

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