SS Persia (1900)

Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Persia
Owner	Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Port of registry	London
Builder	Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number	295
Launched	13 August 1900
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 30 December 1915
General characteristics [1]
Type	Cargo-passenger ship
Tonnage	7,951 GRT
Length	499.8 ft (152.3 m)
Beam	54.3 ft (16.6 m)
Depth	24.5 ft (7.5 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Persia was a P&O passenger liner, built in 1900 by Caird & Company, Inverclyde, Greenock, Scotland. It was torpedoed and sunk without warning on 30 December 1915, by German U-boat U-38.