SS Calgaric

SS Calgaric was an ocean liner built in 1918 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as Orca. In 1927, she was sold to the White Star Line and renamed Calgaric.[1] She remained in service until 1934.[2]

History
United Kingdom
NameCalgaric (ex-Orca)
Owner
Port of registry London, United Kingdom
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Launched5 April 1917
In service1918
Out of service1934
Identification
  • Official Number 140579
  • Code Letters JTLW
FateSold for scrap, 1934
General characteristics
Class and typeocean liner
Tonnage
Length550 ft 3 in (167.7 m)
Beam67 ft 3 in (20.5 m)
Draught43 ft 0 in (13.1 m)
Decks2 steel decks, steel awning deck partly sheathed in wood and steel, shade deck sheathed in teak and 3rd steel deck in No. 1, 2 and 3 holds[1]
Deck clearanceElectric light
Installed powerOne low pressure turbine operating at 215 psi, and six double ended boilers, 36 corrugated furnaces[1]
PropulsionTriple expansion engines with 8 cylinders[1]

Scout and Guide Cruise

She was chartered for a Baltic Cruise of Scouters and Guiders,[3][4] a cruise that lasted from Saturday, 12 August to Tuesday, 29 August 1933.[5] On board were the Baden-Powell family, and about 100 Scouters, 475 Guides and 80 non-Scouts and Guides – presumably spouses of the participants. There were 85 men and 570 women – some of the Wolf Cub Akelas were women.[6]

The itinerary was:- Southampton, Rotterdam (Netherlands), Kiel Canal, Gdynia (Poland), Klaipėda (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Pentland Firth, Oban (Scotland) and ended at Liverpool (England).[7]

Official number and code letters

Official numbers were a forerunner to IMO ship identification numbers.

Calgaric had the UK official number 140579 and used the code letters JTLW.[2]

References
  1. Norway-Heritage-calga.
  2. Plimsoll-Calgaric.
  3. "The Cruise of the Calgaric | Home".
  4. "Pine Tree Web Home Page".
  5. "Calgaric". 3 July 2019.
  6. ""Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones Pages – Calgaric".
  7. Abstracted from the Journal kept by Betty Clay, the younger Baden-Powell daughter, then aged 16.

Sources


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