14 Facts About SS Ceramic

SS Ceramic had three screws, with a pair of four-cylinder triple expansion engines driving her port and starboard screws and exhaust steam from their low pressure cylinders powering a single low-pressure steam turbine that drove her middle screw.

SS Ceramic carried wireless telegraphy equipment, operated by the Marconi Company on the standard 300 and 600 metre wavelengths.

In 1916 SS Ceramic took the Territorial Army 25th Cyclist Battalion to India, leaving Devonport on 3 February and reaching Bombay on 25 February.

In May 1917 SS Ceramic was transferred from Australian control to the UK Shipping Controller under the Liner Requisition Scheme.

SS Ceramic resumed civilian service on 18 November 1920 when she left Liverpool for Glasgow and Sydney.

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SS Ceramic ran aground on the River Clyde at Glasgow on 12 January 1925.

SS Ceramic was sold to Shaw, Savill and Albion but kept the same route and name.

SS Ceramic reached Walvis Bay in South West Africa with the aid of a tug and escorted by a Royal Navy warship.

On 10 December SS Ceramic resumed her passage to Australia, reaching Sydney on 18 January 1941.

On 28 or 29 June 1941 SS Ceramic left Liverpool with Convoy WS 9B, which reached Freetown on 13 July.

In January 1942 SS Ceramic left Liverpool with Convoy ON 59 until it dispersed as scheduled in the North Atlantic.

On 3 November 1942 SS Ceramic left Liverpool for Australia via Saint Helena and South Africa.

SS Ceramic was carrying 377 passengers, 264 crew, 14 DEMS gunners and 12,362 tons of cargo.

SS Ceramic sailed with Convoy ON 149 until it dispersed as scheduled in the North Atlantic.