MV Georgic was the last ship built for the White Star Line before its merger with Cunard, built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as the running mate and younger sister of MV Britannic. Like Britannic she was a motorship rather than a steamer, with two ten-cylinder, four-stroke, double-acting diesel engines designed by Burmeister and Wain. She was launched on 12 November 1931 as the largest British motorship and was built for the Liverpool to New York route. Requisitioned as a troopship in 1940, she was badly damaged and partly sunk in a German bombing raid at Port Tewfik in Egypt in 1941, refloated and rebuilt, and served until 1956, when she was withdrawn and scrapped.
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At the time of her launch in 1931, she was the largest British motorship.
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Like Britannic, Georgic was a motorship, and not a steamer, fitted with a diesel powerplant.
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Scrapping of the Georgic was completed by late 1956.
Construction
Built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, she was the running mate and younger sister of MV Britannic.
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After a successful career as a liner in the 1930s, Georgic was requisitioned as a troopship in 1940.
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