The 16,484 GRT passenger ship Doric was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was launched on August 8, 1922. The 175.41 meter long and 20.69 meter wide ship had a chimney, two masts and two propellers and could reach a top speed of 15 knots. She was the second and last ship on the White Star Line to be powered by steam turbines. The passenger accommodations were designed for 600 cabin class passengers and 1,700 third class passengers. Their external design was similar to the Pittsburgh (16,322 GRT) of the American Line (later Pennland ) and the Regina (16,313 GRT) of the Dominion Line (later Westernland ).
The Doric was completed on May 29, 1923 and ran on June 8, 1923 in Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal . She stayed on this route for all of the following years until she left for her last trip on this route on May 27, 1932. Then it was launched and from 1933 it was only used for cruises . In 1934 Doric fell under the management of the newly formed Cunard-White Star Ltd., which resulted from the takeover of the White Star Line by its previous competitor, Cunard Line .
On September 5, 1935, the Doric collided with the Formigny of the French shipping company Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis off Cape Finisterre on the north-west coast of Spain . 241 passengers were taken over by the P&O ship Viceroy of India . In Vigo makeshift repairs were carried out, but the damage was so great that after an inspection the shipping company decided not to repair the ship. The Doric was sold to John Cashmore in Newport (Wales) for demolition and was broken up there in November 1935.
