SS Gallic was a cargo steamship built in 1918. During her career, she had six different owners and sailed under the flags of the United Kingdom, Panama and Indonesia. She underwent seven name changes during her 37-year career. She was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956, the last surviving White Star Line cargo ship.[1]
Career
In the latter part of the First World War the UK Shipping Controller ordered a large number of merchant ships, built to a set of standard designs, to replace losses due to German's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. One of these was War Argus; one of 22 Standard Type "G" ships. She was built by Workman, Clark & Co. of Belfast, who launched her on 19 October and completed her on 12 December, a month after the Armistice.[2] She was operated by the White Star Line for the government until she was officially declared surplus in 1919. In August 1919, War Argus was purchased by White Star and renamed Gallic.
Gallic then served on the Australian service, and was later switched to Atlantic cargo service. As a result of the Depression and the merger of White Star with the