SS European
The ship in service as Tropic | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast |
| Yard number | 303 |
| Launched | 9 July 1896 |
| Completed | 3 December 1896 |
| Maiden voyage | 9 January 1897 |
| Fate | Sold, 1923 |
| Italy | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| In service | 1924 |
| Out of service | 2 February 1930 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Genoa in 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,249 GRT |
| Length | 475 ft (145 m) |
| Beam | 55.2 ft (16.8 m) |
| Installed power | Two triple-expansion steam engines |
| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) service speed |
| Capacity | 60 passengers |
| Notes | Combined cargo and passenger ship |
The SS European was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, which entered service in 1897. the European was a combined cargo and passenger ship which was originally built for the West India and Pacific Steamship Company along with her sister ship the SS American. In 1904 she passed to the White Star Line and was renamed Tropic, the name she retained until she was sold to Italian ownership in 1924, after which she became known as Artico then Transilvania until being scrapped in 1933.