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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Starboard view of White Star Liner SS Ceramic at sea (crop).jpg |Ship caption= ''Ceramic'' }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}} |Ship name= ''Ceramic'' |Ship owner= *[[White Star Line|Ocean Steam Nav Co]] (1913β34) *[[Shaw, Savill & Albion Line|Shaw, Savill & Albion]] (1934β42) |Ship operator= *[[White Star Line]] (1913β34) *Shaw, Savill & Albion (1934β42) |Ship registry=*[[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool]] (1913β34) *[[Port of Southampton|Southampton]] (1934β42) |Ship identification=*UK [[Official number]] 135474 *[[Code letters]] JCNK (until 1933) *{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Charlie}}{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Kilo}} *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]] MCP (1913β30) *Call sign GLST (1930β42) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Sierra}}{{ICS|Tango}} |Ship route= Liverpool β [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] β [[History of Australia (1901β45)|Australia]] |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= [[Harland and Wolff]], [[Belfast]] |Ship original cost= Β£436,000 |Ship yard number= 432 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 11 December 1912 |Ship sponsor= |Ship completed= 5 July 1913 |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= 24 July 1913 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship refit=1920, 1936 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship fate= Sunk by torpedo from {{GS|U-515||2}}, 6β7 December 1942 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= [[Cargo liner]] |Ship tonnage=*'''1913β20:''' {{GRT|18481}}, {{NRT|11729}} *'''1920β36:''' {{GRT|18495}}, {{NRT|11718}} *'''1936β42:''' {{GRT|18713}}, {{NRT|11582}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{cvt|655.1|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{cvt|69.4|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{cvt|47|ft|10|in|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR37/> |Ship depth= {{cvt|43.8|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= 3 as built, later 4 |Ship power=*{{Convert|9000|ihp|0|abbr=on}} as built, *1,692 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]] after 1936 refit |Ship propulsion=*2 Γ [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|Triple expansion engine]]s *1 Γ Low pressure [[Marine propulsion#Steam turbines|Turbine]] *3 [[Propeller|Screw]] propellers |Ship speed=*{{Convert|16|kn|km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= *600 3rd class passengers as built **[[Reefer ship|refrigerated cargo]]: *{{cvt|321306|cuft|0}} |Ship crew= 264 crew + 14 [[Defensively equipped merchant ship|DEMS]] gunners (1942) |Ship sensors=*Wireless [[direction finding]] by 1930 *[[Echo sounding]] device by 1933 |Ship armament=*Two stern-mounted *[[QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk IβIV|QF 4.7 inch]] (120mm) guns |Ship notes= }} |} '''SS ''Ceramic''''' was an [[ocean liner]] built in [[Belfast]] for [[White Star Line]] in 1912β13 and operated on the [[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool]] β [[History of Australia (1901β45)|Australia]] route. ''Ceramic'' was the largest ship serving the route until [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company|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#World War II (1939β1945)|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 [[Reefer ship|refrigerated cargo]] steamship that was built in England in 1948 and scrapped in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=206040&vessel=CERAMIC |title=Ceramic (1948) |work=Shipping and Shipbuilding |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
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