SS ''Canopic'' was a

passenger liner A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freig ...

of the

White Star Line The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct Packet trade, packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo service ...

. The ship was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the

Dominion Line The Dominion Line was a trans-atlantic passenger line founded in 1870 as the ''Liverpool & Mississippi Steamship Co.'', with the official name being changed in 1872 to the ''Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Co Ltd.'' The firm was amalgamated in ...

, and launched on 31 May 1900 as the ''Commonwealth''. The ship was long, and powered by a 988 nhp 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine which gave her a service speed of . She could carry up to 1,300 passengers. The ship initially operated between

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and

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, but in 1903 she was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed ''Canopic''. Her first crossing for the White Star Line began on 14 January 1904, on which she sailed from Liverpool to Boston. Immediately after this first crossing, she joined the '' Romanic'' and ''

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'' on the White Star Line's new Mediterranean service, on which she would remain for more than 13 years. She was requisitioned for war service between 1917 and 1919, then served on the Liverpool–Montreal route until 1925, when she was scrapped at

Briton Ferry Briton Ferry () is a town and Community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, ''llan'', is protected from the wind, ''awel''. Alternatively, ''Sawel'' may be a deri ...

, Wales. Timber panelling from the dining hall was salvaged and installed in the former Canopic Restaurant at

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from where it was later reinstalled in the town's White Rose hotel.

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Multiple images of the ''Commonwealth'' including interior
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canopic, SS 1900 ships Ships built in Belfast Ships of the Dominion Line Ships of the White Star Line Ships built by Harland and Wolff