SS Steja djal Scipia (1932)
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.jpg) SS Steja djal Scipia underway, 1933
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 Tyreseia
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| Name: | SS Steja djal Scipia |
| Namesake: | Star of Scipia |
| Owner: | League of Neptune |
| Operator: | Tyreseo-Periclean Line |
| Port of registry: |
New Tyria |
| Route: |
New Tyria –  Beroea –  Nykambrik |
| Builder: | Michu Perra Shipyard, Oyat, Tyreseia |
| Cost: | Ⲇ3.5 million |
| Yard number: | 112 |
| Launched: | February 1932 |
| Completed: | 1 July 1932 |
| Maiden voyage: | 12 July 1932 |
| Out of service: | 17 August 1938 |
| Fate: | Caught fire and beached 17 August 1938, later scrapped in situ. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 11,520 GRT |
| Length: | 480 ft (146 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft (21.6 m) |
| Depth: | 18.4 ft (5.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 14,000 ihp (10,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw turbo-electric steam |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) service speed |
| Capacity: | 520 passengers |
| Crew: | 230 |
The SS Steja djal Scipia was a Tyreseian ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground in the late evening hours of August 17th, 1938, en route from Nykambrik, Wazheganon to New Tyria, Tyreseia via Beroea, Latium. Of the 741 passengers and crew aboard, 142 perished, making the fire the worst maritime disaster in Tyreseian history up to that point.
What started the fire was never determined by authorities; as such, theories abound. Causes from Invictist sabotage to faulty construction and even freak weather conditions have been blamed. Regardless, the disaster was instrumental in forcing Tyreseian maritime safety standards to change in coming years.
