Delphic
Ship Number
309
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
7
Launch Date
5 January 1897
Delivered
15 May 1897
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
8273 grt
BP Length
475 feet
Breadth
55 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
Triple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
106851
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Delphic

She was the first vessel used on the joint White Star / Shaw Savill & Albion service to New Zealand. she was used as a troop ship for the Boer War in 1900 / 1901.
 
During the war she was requisitioned by the U.K Government for the war effort ( liner requisition scheme ) she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.72 in the bishops rock vicinity.