SS Cymric

SS Cymric (hull number 316) is an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. She made many voyages from 1898 to 1916, where she would be sunk by U-20 on the 8th of May. Many bring up the dates as it is almost exactly one year after Lusitania was also sunk by Cymric, but Cymric is undeniably the better ship. Only 15 died in her sinking, showing how cool the ship was.

Thanks to Sahara, Cymric has some followers similar to HMHS Britannic, even if at a lower scale. However, more know of Cymric ever since Sahara started preaching. 316 Enjoyer was developed off of 433 Enjoyer but both sides work in harmony. Eventually, a holy trinity was made, SS Cymric, HMHS Britannic, and the HMNZHS Maheno.

## History

One of the best White Star Line ocean liners was launched on 12th October 1897 and set sail on her maiden voyage on the 5th February 1898. Don't believe what some tell you, Cymric was very popular among people and content creators don't seem to read that much into her history, unfortunately. This ship right here is the reason the Olympic-Class Liners are how they are, she pioneered Luxury over speed with her 15-knot speed but stable interiors. Titanic fanboys have to thank Cymric for even making Titanic a reality. Put respect on this ship's name.

Cymric was meant to be a livestock carrier and passenger ship but White Star Line realized this idea was quite frankly shite as no one wanted to smell cow shit or pig piss when eating their dinner. Because of this, her livestock sections were made into third-class areas, very epic. Because of this, she had no second class, but that is fine because who needs the middle people? The peasants and rich are just enough to have a great balance aboard this wonderful vessel. She had much more open space in the ship and her slower speed meant engine noises weren't heard much and people could eat without plates falling off. This alone makes her better than the Lusitania Class by the way.

She started her career sailing from the popular North Atlantic Route so many ships took and was profitable (COUGH COUGH PART-TIME EXPLORER YOU CYMRIC HATER). However, to be more epic she eventually sailed the Liverpool-Boston route, where she once again was very successful and had her best friends, almost sister ships, RMS Republic and RMS Arabic, with her. She once again changed in 1912 and went the New York route again, just to flex on Titanic so that she can sail that way without hitting some stupid ice. In total, she stayed with White Star Line for 18 years, carrying 155,522 passengers! Not bad for a 585 ft ship is it?

In WW1 she was amazing and decided not to hide ammo under an ocean liner colour scheme, which made her once again better than Lusitania. She carried pure ammo because she was just built differently. She also served in the Boer War as a transport ship but who cares for the Boer War in all honesty? Anyways she helped bring 17,000 troops to France as well 1914 which is crazy for such a small vessel. In 1915 she delivered an amazing 17,000 tonnes of ammunition to Liverpool, one of the biggest shipments from the USA before they declared war!

Unfortunately for Cymric, U-20 got very scared of her, knowing she had the potential to single-handily beat Germany. U-20 made sure to fire a torpedo at her which did detonate. However, just to be sure, they fired another torpedo to hurt her. It's debated whether a third torpedo was fired but I like to believe it was. Despite being hit, unlike the virgin Lusitania, the Chad Cymric lasted over 12 hours despite being smaller than Lusitania and hit by the same ship. Don't even bring up ammunition as Cymric quite literally held more than Lusitania ever did. The 15 deaths came from the explosion, not the sinking, meaning Cymric is just more epic. However, because ocean liner enthusiasts hate smaller vessels her wreck hasn't been found and by the time I could even get the money (likely never) to fund a mission, it's probably dead. We have the exact coordinates as well... Fuck you ocean liner enthusiasts.

Cymric is Chad, Lusitania is shit and if you disagree your opinion is wrong.