SS Sinaia

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Vichy forces board the ship SINAIA in Beirut.jpg
Sinaia in Beirut, September 1941.
History
NameSinaia
OwnerFabre Line[1]
BuilderBarclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.[1]
FateScuttled in 1944
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner[1]
Tonnage8,567 gross register tons (GRT)[1]
Length134 m (440 ft)[1]
Beam17.1 m (56 ft)[1]
Height10.5 m (34 ft)[1]
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)[1]

The SS Sinaia was an ocean liner built in 1924 in Whiteinch, Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.for the Fabre Line.[2][1] Its first visit to Providence, Rhode Island, was made on June 28, 1925.[1]

The liner carried Kahlil Gibran's body from Providence, Rhode Island, to Lebanon in 1931.[3] In 1939, the SS Sinaia left the port of Sète with Spanish Republicans seeking asylum in Mexico.

The SS Sinaia was scuttled in 1944.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?263046
  2. ^ William J Jennings JR; Conley, Patrick T. (19 November 2013). Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: Immigration to Rhode Island. ISBN 9781625847058.
  3. ^ Kairouz, Wahib (1995). Gibran in His Museum. Bacharia. p. 46.
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