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OCEANIC ( 2nd ) 

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1899. UNTIL 1901 OCEANIC WAS THE LARGEST PASSENGER SHIP IN THE WORLD.IN SEPTEMBER 1901 IN FOG SHE RAMMED AND SANK THE BRITISH COASTER 'KINCORA' KILLING SEVEN.IN 1905 SHE HAD A MUTINY ONBOARD AND SUBSEQUENTLY THIRTY THREE STOKERS WERE CONVICTED OF THE OFFENCE OF MUTINY.HER RADIO WAS PUT OUT OF ORDER IN 1911 WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AND A PIECE OF HER MAST FELL ACROSS HER BRIDGE. OCEANIC STRANDED ON FOULA ISLAND, SHETLANDS IN 1914 WHILST SERVING AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER AND ALL ENDEAVOURS TO RE-FLOAT HER BY THE TRAWLER 'GLENOGIL' AND 'HMS FORWARD' FAILED. THE ADMIRALTY SALVAGE VESSELS 'LYONS' REMOVED ALL NAVAL FITTINGS I.E GUNS AMMUNITION ETC.SHE WAS ABANDONED TO HER FATE AND DECLARED A LOSS.THREE OFFICERS WERE ORIGINALLY COURT-MARTIALED FOR PUTTING HER ON THE ROCKS,AS THERE SEEMED TO BE ERRORS IN NAVIGATION AND JUDGEMENT AND CONFUSION FROM THE MN OFFICERS AND THE RN OFFICERS ONBOARD,BUT TWO WERE LATER EXONERATED AND THE THIRD HAD A MILD REPRIMAND.LATER OPERATING PROCEDURES ONBOARD WERE CHANGED GIVING THE MERCANTILE OFFICERS MORE RESPONSIBILITY. SHE LAY WHERE SHE WAS FOR TEN YEARS UNTIL FINALLY SHE WAS BROKEN UP DUE TO THE RAVAGES OF THE SEA AND WEATHER.THE BOTTOM PICTURE  SHOWS WHITE STAR'S TENDER 'MAGNETIC' ALONGSIDE OCEANIC.

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