SS Sinaia was an ocean liner built in 1924 in Whiteinch, Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.for the Fabre Line.[2][1] Its first visit to Providence, Rhode Island, was made on June 28, 1925.[1]
 Sinaia in Beirut, September 1941.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Sinaia |
| Owner | Fabre Line[1] |
| Port of registry | Marseille |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.[1] |
| Launched | 19 August 1922 |
| Completed | October 1922 |
| Fate | scuttled 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner[1] |
| Tonnage | 8,567 GRT,[1] 5,072 NRT |
| Length | 439.7 ft (134.0 m)[1] |
| Beam | 56.1 ft (17.1 m)[1] |
| Depth | 34.3 ft (10.5 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 568 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13+1⁄2 knots (25 km/h)[1] |
The liner carried Kahlil Gibran's body from Providence, Rhode Island, to Lebanon in 1931.[3] In 1939 Sinaia left the port of Sète with Spanish Republicans seeking asylum in Mexico.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Sinaia SS (1924~1943) Sinaia SS (+1944)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Jennings Jr, William J; Conley, Patrick T. (9 November 2013). Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: Immigration to Rhode Island. ISBN 9781625847058.
- ^ Kairouz, Wahib (1995). Gibran in His Museum. Bacharia. p. 46.
- ^ Schieder, Martin: ¿Que pasa a bordo? ¿Que pasa en el mundo? The Crossing of Spanish Republican Refugees on the SS Sinaia to Mexico (1939), in: Getty Research Journal, 17/2023, S. 81-106; URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/724139.