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SS Coptic
History
SS CopticUnited Kingdom
NameCoptic
OwnerOceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Operator
  • White Star Line
  • Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co.
  • New Zealand Shipping Co.
  • Shaw, Savill & Albion Co.
  • Japanese Steam Ship Co.
Port of registryLiverpool
Route
  • Liverpool–New York (1881)
  • San Francisco–Hong Kong (1882–1883)
  • Outbound: London–Plymouth–Tenerife–Cape Town–Hobart–New Zealand (Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington and/or Auckland; Napier occasionally); Inbound: Cape Horn–Montevideo–Rio de Janeiro–Tenerife–Plymouth–London (1884–1895).[1]
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number142
Launched10 August 1881
Acquired9 November 1881
Maiden voyage16 November 1881
Out of service30 October 1906
FateSold December 1906
SS CopticUnited States
NamePersia
OwnerPacific Mail Steamship Company
Port of registryLondon
RouteSan Francisco-Hong Kong
AcquiredDecember 1906
HomeportSan Francisco
FateSold 1915
SS CopticJapan
NamePersia Maru
Owner
  • Oriental Steam Ship Co.
  • (Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha)
Port of registryYokohama
Route
  • Yokohama–San Francisco–Hong Kong (1915–1922)
  • Yokohama-Netherlands East Indies (1922–1924)
Acquired1915
In service1915
Out of serviceDecember 1924
FateScrapped at Osaka 1926
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 4,448 GRT
  • 2,670 NRT[1][2]
Length430 ft 2 in (131.11 m)[1][4]
Beam42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)[1]
Depth31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)[4]
Propulsion
  • As built
  • 2 × 2-cylinder compound steam engines[2]
  • Single propeller[2]
  • From 1894
  • Harland & Wolff triple expansion steam engine[3][4]
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) (as built)

SS Coptic was a steamship built in 1881, which was successively owned by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Japanese Oriental Steam Ship Co. (Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha) before being scrapped in 1926. She was filmed by Thomas Edison in 1897 in one of his early movies. The movie is currently stored in the Library of Congress, archive.org and other internet archives.

  1. ^ a b c d "SS Coptic," de Kerbrech, Richard (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 34–36. ISBN 978-0-7110-3366-5
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference merchantnavyofficers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1908 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference norwayheritage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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