SS Pericles

SS Pericles was an 10,925-ton ocean liner of the Aberdeen Line launched in 1907. In 1910, she went hit a rock near Cape Leeuwin in the area of rocks and islands known as the Saint Alouarn Islands, with no loss of life.

Ship history
Pericles was built at the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, being launched on 21 December 1907. She left London on her maiden voyage to Australia on 8 July 1908. She was the first ship of the Aberdeen line to be built by Harland & Wolff.

On her fifth day at sea on her way home from Sydney to London on 31 March 1910, Pericles struck an uncharted rock six miles south of Cape Leeuwin. Fortunately the weather was calm and over 300 passengers and 150 crew were able to safely abandon ship.