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''SS Ionic'' was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1902 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. She was the second White Star Liner to be named ''Ionic'' and served on the United Kingdom – New Zealand route. Her sister ships were and . ==History== ''Ionic'' was launched at Harland and Wolff′s yard at the Queen's Island in Belfast on 22 May 1902. She was originally built to carry passengers and refrigerated meat between the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and began her maiden voyage from London to Wellington ''via'' Cape Town on 16 January 1903. ''Ionic'' was the first ship on the New Zealand route to be fitted with a Marconi wireless set. She was built with only one buff-coloured, black topped smokestack and four passenger decks. ''Ionic'' was also equipped with four masts. She was fitted with electrical lighting and had an open promenade deck and the golden White Star Line stripe along her hull. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, ''Ionic'' was requisitioned as a troop ship for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and in 1915 she narrowly missed a torpedo by less than 15 yards while steaming through the Mediterranean Sea. On 31 January ''Ionic'' returned to her former New Zealand passenger service ''via'' the Panama Canal. In 1927 ''Ionic'' came to the aid of the crew aboard a French fishing vessel, ''Daisy'', that had run aground in Grand Banks. ''Ionic''s final refit before the Cunard-White Star merger was completed in 1929. She was converted to accommodate only cabin class and third class passengers. In 1934 after the White Star Line and Cunard Line merged, ''Ionic'' was sold to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. ''Ionic'' kept her name but her prefix "SS" was changed to "RMS". The ''RMS Ionic'' was scrapped two years later in 1936 in Osaka, Japan. The Auckland War Memorial Museum has preserved her ship's bell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Ionic (1902)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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