SS Sardinia
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Sardinia |
| Owner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 431 |
| Launched | 12 Jun 1902 |
| In service | 1902 |
| Out of service | 1924 |
| Fate | broken up in Japan |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,574 tons |
| Length | 450ft 3in (137.24m) |
| Beam | 52ft 3in (15.93m) |
| Depth | 27ft 2in (8.28m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (25.93 km/h) |
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Built for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company as a passenger / cargo vessel. Sardinia spent her entire life in service with P & O, and was eventually sold for scrap. She was taken to Osaka, Japan for demolition on 20 July 1925.
During WW1 she had been torpedoed in the starboard bow by a German submarine, whilst in convoy in the Mediterranean. Her passengers and most of the crew were transferred to a warship, but senior officers and some crew remained on board. To prevent one of her forward bulkheads from collapsing, she sailed backwards for over sixty miles (100 kilometers) at a speed of 3.5 knots, eventually arriving in Oran, where temporary repairs were made to allow her to reach Gibraltar where permanent repairs were then made.