Published Oct 5th, 2019, 10/5/19 5:00 pm
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SS Gallic was a paddle wheel steamship, built in 1894 as SS Birkenhead by John Scott & Co., Kinghorn, Fife. She was owned and operated by Birkenhead Corporation as a ferry on the River Mersey until being sold to the White Star Line in 1907 for use as a passenger tender to the company's various ocean liners.

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Operator: | Owner operated |
Port of registry: | Liverpool |
Builder: | John Scott & Co., Kinghorn, Fife |
Launched: | 1894 |
Fate: | Scrapped in 1913 |
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Tonnage: | 461 tons |
Length: | 150 ft (45.7 m) |
Beam: | 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m) |
Decks: | 1 |
Propulsion: | 2 double compound cylinder engines powering 2 paddle wheels |
Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity: | 1,200 passengers and mail |

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