Persia was a P&O passenger liner, built in 1900 by Caird & Company, Inverclyde, Greenock, Scotland. It was torpedoed and sunk without warning on 30 December 1915, by German U-boat U-38.
Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900
The door to the bullion room, salvaged and now located at Buckler's Hard.
Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs.
Part of Caird & Co's yard in 1913, with SS Berrima under construction
Drawing of Caird Engine fitted to 1841 steam packets
Drawing of Caird Engine fitted to 1841 steam packets
Painting of SS Atrato by William Frederick Mitchell