SS Albertic (eng)

Statistics

Gross Tonnage - 18,940 tons
Dimensions - 180.06 x 21.94m (590.8 x 72ft)
Number of funnels - 2
Number of masts - 2
Construction - Steel
Propulsion - Twin screw
Engines - Eight-cylindered quadruple expansion engines
Service speed - 17 knots
Builder - A.G. Weser, Bremen
Launch date - 23 March 1920
Passenger accommodation - 350 cabin class, 400 tourist class, 690 third class

Details of Career

The ship was originally laid down in 1914 but construction had to be suspended during World War I. In 1919 it was announced that the ship would be named Munchen and that it would operate on the Nordeutscher Lloyd Atlantic service. It was launched on 23 March 1920 but was then ceded to Britain as war reparations under the Treaty of Versailles in June. It was initially purchased by the Royal Mail Line and the fitting out of the ship continued for three years. In March 1923 it was renamed the Ohio, and at the time was the company's largest ship. It went on to operate on the Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route.

It was not until February 1927 that the ship was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed the Albertic. On 22 April it made its first sailing for them on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal

route. In 1929 it was used to replace the Celtic, which had recently been lost, on the Liverpool to New York route. By May the following year, however, it had returned to the Canadian route for the summer and then it was laid during the winter. This was repeated for the following two years. In September 1933 it was laid up on the Clyde at Holy Loch. Once the company had merged with Cunard to form Cunard-White Star, in 1934, the ship was no longer required. In July that year it was sold to a Japanese company. In August it sailed to Osaka to be scrapped.