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Puzzle #26 was SS Medic.
SS Medic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line which entered service in 1899. Medic was one of five Jubilee-class ocean liners built specifically to service the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route. The ship's name pertained to the ancient Persian region of Media and was pronounced Mee-dic.
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What the record says
Puzzle 26 ran on 4 Aug 2026 and the answer was SS Medic, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - other; Flag - Norway; Tonnage - 10-50k; Builder - Harland and Wolff. The numbers: Launched - 1890; Length - 173.7 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Status), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by Allan C. Green, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Type
- other
- Flag
- Norway
- Launched
- 1890
- Tonnage
- 10-50k
- Length
- 173.7 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Harland and Wolff