SS Republic
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SS Republic may refer to:
- SS Republic (1853)SS Republic (1853)SS Republic was a sidewheel steamship, originally named Tennessee , lost in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in October 1865, en route to New Orleans....
, lost in an 1865 hurricane with a cargo of mostly silver coins, reported at the time as $450,000 face value. - SS Republic (1872)SS Republic (1872)SS Republic was an ocean liner built in 1871 by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. She was originally intended to be named Arctic, but the name was changed before launching....
, a liner of the White Star Line - RMS Republic (1903)RMS Republic (1903)RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision six years later while sailing for the White Star Line. A CQD distress call was issued on the new Marconi radio device, the first recorded, resulting in the saving of around...
, a palatial White Star Line steamship that sank after colliding with the SS Florida with a rumored $3.5 million (1909 face value) - if true, the recovery today would exceed $2 billion, the former Hamburg-America Line ocean liner SS President Grant; served in U.S. Navy as USS Republic (AP-33), a tanker torpedoed and sunk in 1942