SS Ceramic

	Ceramic
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ceramic
Owner	Ocean Steam Nav Co (1913–34); Shaw, Savill & Albion (1934–42);
Operator	White Star Line (1913–34); Shaw, Savill & Albion (1934–42);
Port of registry	Liverpool (1913–34); Southampton (1934–42);
Route	Liverpool – South Africa – Australia
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Cost	£436,000
Yard number	432
Launched	11 December 1912
Completed	5 July 1913
Maiden voyage	24 July 1913
Refit	1920, 1936
Identification	UK Official number 135474; Code letters JCNK (until 1933); ; Call sign MCP (1913–30); Call sign GLST (1930–42); ;
Fate	Sunk by torpedo from U-515, 6–7 December 1942
General characteristics
Type	Cargo liner
Tonnage	1913–20: 18,481 GRT, 11,729 NRT; 1920–36: 18,495 GRT, 11,718 NRT; 1936–42: 18,713 GRT, 11,582 NRT;
Length	655.1 ft (199.7 m)
Beam	69.4 ft (21.2 m)
Draught	47 ft 10 in (14.58 m)
Depth	43.8 ft (13.4 m)
Decks	3 as built, later 4
Installed power	9,000 ihp (6,711 kW) as built,; 1,692 NHP after 1936 refit;
Propulsion	2 × Triple expansion engines; 1 × Low pressure Turbine; 3 Screw propellers;
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity	600 3rd class passengers as built; refrigerated cargo:; 321,306 cu ft (9,098 m3);
Crew	264 crew + 14 DEMS gunners (1942)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Wireless direction finding by 1930; Echo sounding device by 1933;
Armament	Two stern-mounted; QF 4.7 inch (120mm) guns;

SS Ceramic was an ocean liner built in Belfast for White Star Line in 1912–13 and operated on the Liverpool – Australia route. Ceramic was the largest ship serving the route until P&O introduced RMS Mooltan in 1923.

In 1934 Shaw, Savill & Albion Line absorbed White Star's Australia service and acquired Ceramic. The liner served as a troopship in both World Wars. In 1942 a U-boat sank her, leaving only one survivor from the 656 people aboard.

This was the first of two ships to be called Ceramic. The second was a Shaw, Savill & Albion refrigerated cargo steamship that was built in England in 1948 and scrapped in 1972.

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