Dictionary of Sydney

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SS Persic

Jubilee Class ship of 12,000 tons and 565 feet built in Belfast for the London-Cape Town-Sydney run. Launched in 1899 it took Australian troops to the Boer War and returned with injured soldiers and was also used as a transport ship during World War I.

Milestone
Constructed
Belfast, Ireland
1898 - 1899
Demolished
Holland
1927
Type