SS Socotra
British ship
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SS Socotra was a British general purpose cargo ship built for P&O and launched in 1896. The vessel served in commercial cargo service to and from Far East and Australia.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Socotra |
| Owner | P&O |
| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne |
| Yard number | 716 |
| Launched | 3 December 1896 |
| Identification | Official Number 106612 |
| Fate | Sunk off Le Touquet 26 November 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 6,044 GRT |
| Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 52.2 ft (15.9 m) |
| Draught | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
It was beached off Le Touquet, France in 1915 with cargo from Australia.[1] and the ship broke in two.[2] It is located a short distance from the wreck of the Orion.
The ship was the namesake for Socotra Rock, which it discovered during a voyage in the Far East in 1900.[3]
SS Socotra 1943
P&O would commission another vessel as Socotra, built in 1943 as passenger ship and scrapped in 1965.[4]