PERSIC

PERSIC WAS BUILT IN 1899 AND STARTED OUT IN LIFE AS A CARGO SHIP AND WAS USED ON THE LIVERPOOL TO AUSTRALIA ( SYDNEY ) RUN. SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP SHIP IN 1918. ON THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1918 SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE WHILST OF THE SCILLY ISLANDS (  THIS ATTACK IS QUITE OFTEN INCORRECTLY REPORTED AS HAVING BEEN BEING MADE OF SICILY ) BUT SHE  MANAGED TO STEAM AWAY AND WAS TOWED INTO ST.MARY'S ON THE SCILLY ISLANDS AND THEN ONTO FALMOUTH FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.THIS ATTACK IS GENERALLY PUT DOWN TO THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.87, BUT THERE IS INDICATION THAT THIS FACT IS ALSO INCORRECT AS THE U.87 WAS LOST ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1915. IN 1920 SHE WAS CONVERTED FOR USE AS A PASSENGER SHIP AND CONTINUED IN THAT ROLE UNTIL 1927 WHEN SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN HOLLAND.