SS Sinaia

The SS Sinaia was an ocean liner built in 1924 in Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. and Whiteinch for the Fabre Line.[2][1] Its first visit to Providence, Rhode Island, was made on June 28, 1925.[1]

History
Name: Sinaia
Owner: Fabre Line[1]
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Whiteinch (Glasgow)[1]
Fate: Scuttled in 1944
General characteristics
Type: Ocean liner[1]
Tonnage: 8,567 gross register tons (GRT)[1]
Length: 134 m (440 ft)[1]
Beam: 17.1 m (56 ft)[1]
Height: 10.5 m (34 ft)[1]
Speed: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)[1]

The liner carried Kahlil Gibran's body from Providence, Rhode Island, to Lebanon in 1931.[3] In 1939, the SS Sinaia left the port of Sète with Spanish Republicans seeking asylum in Mexico.

The SS Sinaia was scuttled in 1944.[1]

References

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