Editing SS Ceramic (section)

==Building==
[[Harland and Wolff]] built ''Ceramic'' as hull 432 on the Number One slipway of its Belfast yard,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=432 |title=Ceramic (1912) |work=Harland and Wolff |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> launching her on 11 December 1912 and completing her on 5 July 1913.<ref name=SAS>{{cite web |url= http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=202770&vessel=CERAMIC |title=Ceramic |work=Shipping and Shipbuilding |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> Her total cost was £436,000.<ref>{{harvnb|Hardy|2012|p=}}{{Page needed|date=August 2014}}</ref>

''Ceramic''{{'}}s engines were what was called "combination machinery". She had three [[propellers]], with a pair of four-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion engines]] driving her [[port and starboard]] props<ref name=LR30>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0229.pdf |year=1930 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=Steamers & Motorships |volume=II |place=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> and exhaust steam from their low pressure cylinders powering a single low-pressure [[Marine propulsion#Steam turbines|steam turbine]] that drove her middle screw. Harland and Wolff and White Star Line had successfully tested this arrangement in 1908 on {{SS|Laurentic|1908|2}} and had since applied it to the three giant {{sclass|Olympic|ocean liner}}s. Between them ''Ceramic''{{'}}s three engines were rated at {{Convert|9000|ihp|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=SAS/> and gave her a speed of {{Convert|16|kn|km/h|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Harnack|1930|p=463}}

''Ceramic''{{'}}s [[Length between perpendiculars|registered length]] was {{cvt|655.1|ft|abbr=on}}. Her beam was {{cvt|69.4|ft|abbr=on}} and her depth was {{cvt|43.8|ft|abbr=on}}. As built, she had three decks<ref name=LR30/> and her [[tonnage]]s were {{GRT|18481}} and {{NRT|11718}}.<ref name=SAS/> Some of her holds were [[Reefer ship|refrigerated]]. In later years her refrigerated cargo capacity was cited as {{cvt|321340|cuft|0}} in 1930<ref>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30a0599.pdf |year=1930 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=List of Vessels fitted with refrigerating appliances |volume=I |place=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> and {{cvt|321306|cuft|0}} in 1936.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/36/36a0863.pdf |year=1936 |title=Lloyd's Register |chapter=List of Vessels fitted with refrigerating appliances |volume=I |place=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

White Star Line registered ''Ceramic'' at Liverpool. Her UK [[official number]] was 135474 and her [[code letters]] were JCNK.<ref name=LR30/> She carried [[wireless telegraphy]] equipment, operated by the [[Marconi Company]] on the standard 300 and 600 metre wavelengths. Her original [[Maritime call sign|call sign]] was MCP.{{sfn|The Marconi Press Agency Ltd|1914|page=386}}