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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= | Ship name=*SS War Argus (October 1918 – August 1919)- SS Gallic (August 1919 – October 1933)
| Ship owner=*HM Shipping Controller (October 1918 – August 1919)- White Star Line (August 1919 – October 1933)
| Ship operator=White Star | Ship registry=Liverpool | Ship route=Australian service | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number=436 | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=19 October 1918 | Ship completed=12 December 1918 | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=August 1919 | Ship out of service= | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sold to the Clan Line in October 1933 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= | Ship name=SS Clan Colquhoun | Ship owner=Clan Line | Ship operator=*Clan Line (1933–1941, 1946–1947)- Ministry of War Transport (1941–1946)
| Ship registry=Glasgow | Ship route=Atlantic cargo service | Ship acquired=October 1933 | Ship in service=October 1933 | Ship out of service=February 1947 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Panama | Ship flag= | Ship name=SS Ioannis Livanos | Ship owner=Zarati Steamship Co. | Ship operator= | Ship registry=Panama | Ship route= | Ship acquired=February 1947 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1949 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sold to the Two Oceans Navigation Co. (Dos Oceanos Compania de Navegacion SA) in 1949 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Panama | Ship flag= | Ship name=SS Jenny | Ship owner=Two Oceans Navigation Co. (Dos Oceanos Compania de Navegacion SA) | Ship operator= | Ship registry=Panama | Ship route= | Ship acquired=1949 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1951 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia in 1951 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Indonesia | Ship flag= | Ship name=*SS Imam Bondjal (1951–1952)- SS Djatinegra (1952–1955)
| Ship owner=Djakarta Lloyd NV | Ship operator= | Ship registry=Indonesia | Ship route= | Ship acquired=1951 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1955 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sold to Japanese breakers in 1955; scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Two-masted cargo steamer | Ship tonnage=7,914 gross tons | Ship displacement= | 465|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 58.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power=Triple-expansion steam reciprocating engines, producing 5,800 ihp | Ship propulsion=Twin screws | 12.5|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity= | Ship crew= | Ship notes=Steel construction, single funnel
}} | SS Gallic was a cargo steamship built in 1918. During her career, she had six different owners and sailed under the flags of the United Kingdom, Panama and Indonesia. In spite of prevailing maritime superstition that it is unlucky to change a ship's name,[1] she underwent seven name changes and survived a 37-year career unscathed. She was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956, the last surviving White Star Line cargo ship.[2]CareerOwing to the First World War and the increased demand for cargo vessels, the British government set into motion a programme to rapidly build emergency cargo ships. Of those, 22 of the Standard "G" Type were ultimately built. Among those was the SS War Argus, built for HM Shipping Controller by Workman, Clark & Co. of Belfast in 1918. She was launched on 19 October and completed on 12 December, a month after the end of the war.[3] She was then operated by the White Star Line for the government until she was officially declared surplus in 1919. In August 1919, the War Argus was purchased by White Star and renamed SS Gallic. The Gallic then served on the Australian service as a cargo vessel, and was later switched to Atlantic cargo service. As a result of the Depression and the merger of White Star with the Cunard Line, in October 1933 the Gallic was sold to the Clan Line and renamed Clan Colquhoun. She continued her service on the same Atlantic route for the next 14 years. During the Second World War, she was operated by the Ministry of War Transport as a refrigerated cargo carrier; unlike many other cargo steamers, she survived the war without incident.[2] In February 1947, the Clan Colquhoun was sold to the Zarati Steamship Co. of Panama and renamed Ioannis Livanos. However, her new owners sold her in 1949 to another Panamanian shipping company, the Two Oceans Navigation Company SA (Dos Oceanos Compania de Navegacion SA), which renamed her Jenny. In 1951, she was sold to Djakarta Lloyd NV of Indonesia, which renamed her Imam Bondjal, but changed this to Djatinegra in 1952. In 1955, after 37 years of service, she was sold to Japanese breakers for scrapping. While under tow from Djakarta to Osaka, on 1 December 1955 the Djatinegra was forced to put in at Lingayen in the Philippines with her engine room flooded. She was refloated on 21 February 1956 and was scrapped at Hong Kong shortly after.[2] References1. ^"Renaming Your Boat," Boatsafe.com
2. ^1 2 "SS Gallic," de Kerbrech, Richard (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 179. {{ISBN|978-0-7110-3366-5}}
3. ^"SS Gallic II ", "Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships"
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