IONIC  / SOPHOCLES

BUILT IN BELFAST IN 1884 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE,SHE WAS CHARTERED STRAIT AWAY TO THE   NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. IN 1884 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION. IN 1893 ON THE RETURN JOURNEY FROM CAPE TOWN HER TAIL SHAFT BROKE AND SHE HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO CAPE TOWN BY THE 'HAWARDEN CASTLE'. IN 1900 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ABERDEEN LINE AND RE-NAMED 'SOPHOCLES', AND WAS USED AS A TRANSPORT SHIP DURING THE BOER WAR YEARS. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN MORECAMBE IN 1908. THE PICTURE ABOVE IS ACTUALLY DORIC ( ARABIC,COPTIC,DORIC AND IONIC WERE VERY SIMILAR )