SS Suevic

Not my photo obvs but one from a very interesting talk today at Holland House ( including lunch) by Galen Bartholemew about his research into the Suevic with a personal connection. What a fascinating history the ship had : many incarnations. He paid tribute to the RNLI who celebrate 200 years next year. His is one of 200 podcasts available https://rnli.org/magazine/magazine-featured-list/2023/october/200-voices-galen-bartholomew


From wiki
SS Suevic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. Suevic was the fifth and last of the Jubilee-class ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship Runic.[1] In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern portion. Later serving as a Norwegian whaling factory ship carrying the name Skytteren, she was scuttled off the Swedish coast in 1942 to prevent her capture by ships of Nazi Germany.