SS Vedic
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Vedic |
| Owner | White Star Line |
| Operator | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Route | Belfast-Clyde-Boston |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff |
| Yard number | 461 |
| Launched | 18 December 1917 |
| Completed | June 1918 |
| Maiden voyage | 11 July 1918 |
| In service | 10 July 1918 |
| Out of service | 1934 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 9,332 GRT |
| Length | 460.5 ft (140.4 m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.8 m) |
| Draft | 37.3 ft (11.4 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 4 Steam turbines single reduction geared to 2 screw shafts |
| Propulsion | Double propeller installation triple blades. |
| Speed | 13.25 knots (24.54 km/h; 15.25 mph) (design service speed) |
| Capacity | 1,250 third class |
| Crew | 208 |
SS Vedic was an ocean liner for the White Star Line, constructed as a purpose built immigrant transport ship in an all steerage configuration. Vedic had a career spanning 16 years from 1918 to 1934. Throughout her career, Vedic served as a troop transport at the tail end of the First World War alongside transporting immigrants from Europe to the United States and Canada, and from the United Kingdom to Australia.