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{{Short description|Cargo liner}}
{{other ships|SS Sardinia}}
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|Ship name           = SS ''Sardinia''
|Ship owner          = P&O 1902–1925
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|Ship registry       = Glasgow {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}}
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|Ship builder        = [[Company:Barclay Curle|Barclay Curle & Company]], Glasgow
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|Ship yard number    = 431
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|Ship launched       = 12 June 1902
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|Ship fate           = Sold to Kishimoto Kisen KK for demolition in {{wipe|Osaka}}, Japan 23 February 1925
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|Ship tonnage      = 6574 (GRT)
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|Ship length       = 450ft 3in
|Ship beam         = 52ft 3in
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|Ship draught      = 27ft 2in
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|Ship power        = Two three-cylinder triple expansion steam engines
|Ship propulsion   = Twin screws
|Ship speed        = 14 knots
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'''SS ''Sardinia''''' was a [[Engineering:Cargo liner|cargo liner]] operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company between 1902 and 1925, providing both passenger and cargo services on various routes.

==Service history==
SS ''Sardinia'' was built by [[Company:Barclay Curle|Barclay Curle & Company]] of Glasgow, Scotland, and entered service with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company after she was launched on 12 June 1902. She was immediately chartered by the British government as a transport ship to bring back troops from the recently ended [[History:Second Boer War|Second Boer War]] in {{wipe|South Africa}}, and had her maiden voyage from [[Place:London|London]] to [[Place:Cape Town|Cape Town]] in August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - Return of Troops|date=14 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36846}}</ref>

She was torpedoed in the starboard bow by a German submarine, while in convoy in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Her passengers and most of the crew were transferred to a warship, but senior officers and some crew remained on board. To prevent one of her forward bulkheads from collapsing, she sailed backwards for over 60 miles at a speed of 3.5 knots, eventually arriving in Oran, where temporary repairs were made.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howarth |first1=David |  last2=Howarth |first2=Stephen |title=The Story of P&O |date=1986 |publisher=George Weidenfeld& Nicholson |location=London |isbn=0-297-78965-1 |page=123}}</ref> Permanent repairs were then made in [[Place:Gibraltar|Gibraltar]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

''Sardinia'' spent her entire life in service with P&O, and was eventually sold for scrap. She was taken to {{wipe|Osaka}}, Japan for demolition on 20 July 1925.<ref>{{cite web |title=SS Sardinia |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=1569 |website=Clydeships |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>

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