SS Asiatic (1871)

SS Asiatic (sometimes operated as the RMS Asiatic) was a steamship operated by the White Star Line and was a sister ship to the Tropic. Built in 1871 at Liverpool by Thomas Royden and Sons for the White Star Line, the ship had three masts and one steam-driven propeller for power, and weighed 2,122 tons.

In 1873, following the wreck of the Atlantic, Asiatic and Tropic were both sold to recoup capital. Asiatic was sold to South African Steam Ship Company, also known as the Elder Dempster Line and renamed Ambriz. Later, she was sold to Cie. Française Charbonnage et de la Batelage, and was wrecked in February, 1903, off the coast of Madagascar.

References

• Accesscomm.ca Madagascar Shipwrecks page
• Sale information