SS Sinaia

SS Sinaia was an ocean liner built in 1924 in Whiteinch, Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.for the Fabre Line.^[2][1] Its first visit to Providence, Rhode Island, was made on June 28, 1925.^[1]

Sinaia in Beirut, September 1941.
History
France
Name	Sinaia
Owner	Fabre Line[1]
Port of registry	Marseille
Builder	Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.[1]
Launched	19 August 1922
Completed	October 1922
Fate	scuttled 1944
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner[1]
Tonnage	8,567 GRT,[1] 5,072 NRT
Length	439.7 ft (134.0 m)[1]
Beam	56.1 ft (17.1 m)[1]
Depth	34.3 ft (10.5 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	568 NHP
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	13+1⁄2 knots (25 km/h)[1]

The liner carried Kahlil Gibran's body from Providence, Rhode Island, to the French-controlled Lebanon in 1931.^[3] In 1939 Sinaia left the port of Sète with Spanish Republicans seeking asylum in Mexico.^[4]

Sinaia was scuttled in 1944.^[1]