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href='ships.asp?entryid=324'></A></DIV></DIV> <table width="800" height="581" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" background="../images/book.png" > <tr> <td><table width="400" height="495" border="0" align="center" > <tr> <td width="85" align="right"></td> <td height="45" colspan="3" align="right" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style5"> Medic </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25" align="right"></td> <td width="111" align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Ship Number </div></td> <td width="2" align="right"></td> <td width="184"><div class="style4">323</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Vessel Type</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Passenger / Cargo Ship</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Built</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Belfast</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left"></div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Slip Number</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">1</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Launch Date </div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">15 December 1898</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left"></div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Delivered </div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">6 July 1899</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Owner</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Weight</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">11985 grt</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">BP Length</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">550 feet</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Breadth</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">63 feet</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">No. of Screws</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Twin</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Speed (approx) </div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">14 knots</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Propulsion</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">quadruple expansion constructed in Belfast</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Official No. </div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">110573</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Registered </div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Liverpool</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right" class="style4"><div align="left">Fate</div></td> <td align="right"></td> <td><div class="style4">Torpedoed</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="3"><div align="center"><a href="/ships/323.asp"><img src="images/null.png" border="0" alt=" Medic"></a></div></td> </tr> </table></td> <td><table width="385" height="520" border="0" align="center" > <tr> <td width="32" height="5" align="left"></td> <td width="32" align="left"></td> <td width="276" align="left"></td> <td width="63" align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="105" align="left"></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><div align="center"><img src="images/323.jpg" width="268" height="150" title="Medic"></div></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" align="left"></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><div align="center" style="font-size: x-small; height:0px"> <p></p> </div></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="4" align="left"> <div style="height:290px;overflow:auto; font-family: 'Special Elite', cursive; color: #333333; font-size:12px" class="scrollbar" id="ex3" ><div><font face=Arial size=1><strong><em>Medic </em></strong>was the second of the "Jubilee Class" of ships designed to permit White Star to run a monthly service to Australia, but the first of them to actually sail to Australia. <strong><em>Medic</em></strong> made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Sydney via Cape Town, on 3rd August 1899, while her older sister, <strong><em>Afric</em></strong>, was still at Belfast for modifications after her maiden voyage, which had been to New York. </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face=Arial size=1><strong><em>Medic</em></strong> remained in commercial service during World War I because of her large frozen meat capacity, although she was operated under the Liner Requisition Scheme for two years. She returned to White Star service in 1919, and remained on the Australia route until 1917. </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face=Arial size=1>In January 1928, she was sold and converted into a whale factory ship named <strong><em>Hektoria</em></strong>.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face=Arial size=1><strong><em>Hektoria</em></strong> was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic by <strong><em>U-608</em></strong> on 11th September 1942, while serving as a Ministry of War Transport oil tanker. </font></div> </div></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.theyard.info/ships/list_ships.asp?name=&built=&vessel_type=&launch_date=&Owner=&fate="><img src="back.png" width="362" height="113"></a></div>

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