SS Sinaia
The SS Sinaia was an ocean liner built in 1924 in Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. and Whiteinch for the Fabre Line.[2][1] Its first visit to Providence, Rhode Island, was made on June 28, 1925.[1]
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sinaia |
| Owner: | Fabre Line[1] |
| Builder: | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Whiteinch (Glasgow)[1] |
| Fate: | Scuttled in 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ocean liner[1] |
| Tonnage: | 8,567 gross register tons (GRT)[1] |
| Length: | 134 m (440 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 17.1 m (56 ft)[1] |
| Height: | 10.5 m (34 ft)[1] |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)[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
- https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?263046
- Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: Immigration to Rhode Island.
- Kairouz, Wahib (1995). Gibran in His Museum. Bacharia. p. 46.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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