The 27,750 ton Georgic has a special place in maritime history as the last liner ordered by the old White Star Line before the merger with Cunard.

Built by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, Georgic entered service in 1932 on the Liverpool to New York route, two years before the formation of Cunard White Star.

During her early years Georgic operated as a partner with Britannic, which had come out two years earlier. They were both good-looking ships with two squat funnel so typical of the earlier diesel-electric liners.

Georgic had accommodation for 479 cabin class passengers, 557 tourist and 506 third.

Early in 1940 Georgic was taken over for trooping duties. The following year she was badly damaged by fire following a raid on Twefik in the Suez Canal. Despite immense danger from the aviation fuel she was carrying, the crew managed to lift anchor and beach the ship.

After being temporarily patched the ship was towed to Bombay for repairs and then to Belfast for re-building.

It was in 1944 that she returned to trooping with a changed profile because of the removal of the forward funnel and mast.

Further work was carried out after the Second World War and Georgic became Britain's first model troopship, in fact the servicemen called her the "Super Trooper.''

In the early 1950s Georgic became a familiar sight in Southampton Docks undertaking transatlantic crossings, voyages to the Far East and Canada.

Her career of 23 years ended in 1955, when she went to Faslane, Scotland to be scrapped.