Gaika
Ship Number
305
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
22 September 1896
Delivered
15 April 1897
Owner
Union Steamship Co.
Weight
6287 grt
BP Length
430 feet
Breadth
52 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
12.5 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
106908
Registered
Southampton
Fate
Scrapped
Gaika

Her career paralleled that of the Gascon with the exception that during the war years she remained defensively armed on the Africa service but under Government control, her accommodation being used mainly by Civil Servants.
 
She returned to the Intermediate service in 1919 where she remained until 1926 when she was laid up at Netley in Southampton Water before being broken up by Thomas W. Ward in 1928.