SS Gallic
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Two ships of the White Star Line
have borne the name SS Gallic, an adjectival reference to France
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was a passenger tender, originally the SS Birkenhead launched in 1894. She was acquired by White Star Line in 1907 and was scrapped in 1913. was a cargo ship, originally the SS War Argus launched in 1918. She was acquired by White Star Line in 1919 and was sold to the Clan Line
in 1933 and renamed Clan Colquhoun.
White Star Line
The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packets, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company, today most famous for its ill-fated vessel, the RMS Titanic, and the World War I loss of Titanics sister ship Britannic...
have borne the name SS Gallic, an adjectival reference to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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was a passenger tender, originally the SS Birkenhead launched in 1894. She was acquired by White Star Line in 1907 and was scrapped in 1913. was a cargo ship, originally the SS War Argus launched in 1918. She was acquired by White Star Line in 1919 and was sold to the Clan Line
Clan Line
The Clan Line was a passenger and cargo shipping company that operated in one incarnation or another from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century.-Foundation and early years:...
in 1933 and renamed Clan Colquhoun.