Doric (I) Fact File
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger and cargo ship
Official No: 87847
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 153
Laid down: n/r
Launched: 10 March 1883
Handed over: 4 July 1883
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 30 June 1883
Managing Owner & Address: William Samuel Graves, 10 Water Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 3
Number of Masts: 4
Rigged: Barque
Stern: Elliptical
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel
Number of Bulkheads: 7
Number of water ballast tanks: 5
Dimensions
Length: 440.9 ft
Breadth: 44.25 ft
Depth: 31.6 ft
Gross Registered Tonnage: 4,744
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: Compound high and low pressure
Cylinders: 2 X 32; 2 X 71 inches
Stroke: 60 inches
Nominal Horse Power: 550
Boilers
Description: Elliptical
Number: 3
Iron or Steel: Steel
Pressure when loaded: 90 lbs
Screw: Single
Speed: 14 knots
Signal Letters: H. R. V. M.
NOTES
Doric, like all White Star liners built at this time was a gracefully looking vessel, with four masts, square rigged on three, providing her with effective sail power in case of engine breakdown. Along with her sister Ionic (Yard No. 152), the two vessels were chartered on completion to the New Zealand Shipping Company. Doric departed on her maiden voyage on 26 July 1883. The voyage from London to Wellington in New Zealand via the Cape and the return voyage in November was the fastest round-the-world trip to date.
