Vedic
Ship Number
461
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Launch Date
December 18, 1917
Delivered
July 10, 1918
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
9332 grt
BP Length
460 feet
Breadth
58 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13.25 knots
Propulsion
4 steam turbines single reduction geared to 2 screw shafts by H&W
Official No.
140588
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Vedic

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
One funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13.25 knots. There was accommodation for 1,250-3rd class passengers.  She was the epitome of a tramp steamer, carrying only Third Class passengers.
 
Steel twin screws Sloop; 3 decks; cruiser stern; fitted with electric light, refrigerating machinery and submarine signalling device; water ballast
 
Her maiden voyage started 11th Juy1918 when she left Belfast for Glasgow and Boston as a troopship. In September 1919 she was used to repatriate British troops from Russia and in 1920 was refitted at Middlesborough for commercial service.
 
Refitted at Belfast in 1925, she was put onto the Australian emigrant trade and was eventually scrapped at Rosyth in 1934.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.767]