The keel of the Doric was laid long after the war has ended, in 1921, and she was launched on 8 August 1922, and delivered on. The Doric was the third ship built on this model and a fourth, slightly larger, the Laurentic, would follow in 1927.

The first two, the Regina and the Pittsburgh, started in 1913, were completed after the war and put into service in the early 1920s. ordered Harland and Wolff shipyards to build several ships for its companies. History Construction and service to Canada Д«efore World War I, the International Mercantile Marine Co. During the overhaul which reorganized her cabins, the imposing davits (large cranes capable of lowering many boats in succession, tested in particular on the Britannic of 1915), were replaced by more classic davits of the Welin type, used on the most of the company's liners. From 1926, the Doric could carry 320 cabin class passengers, 657 in tourist class and 537 in third. An orchestra played in the dining room and hostesses were responsible for looking after unaccompanied young women and children. Third-class cabins were designed for two, three or four passengers. In cabin class, the cabins were decorated in the Louis XVI style, the largest being three-room suites. The liner was not designed to reach high speeds and sailed at an average of 15 knots using two propellers. Like all of the company's ships until the Britannic, its propulsion unit was powered by coal and not fuel oil. SS Regina, the ship that inspired Doric's designДЄlong with the Vedic, the Doric was the second ship of the White Star Line to be powered exclusively by turbines. She was taken to the scrapyard at the end of that same year. Severely damaged and economically irreparable, despite her young age, the company decided to have her scrapped. However, a collision with another ship in September 1935 sealed her fate.

When the company merged with its rival, the Cunard Line, the Doric was retained in the new fleet. When the White Star Line abandoned this route, the Doric was assigned to cruises, meeting with great success with young passengers of the time. This decade of Canadian service unfolded without major incident. She was accompanied on this route by a similar vessel, the SS Regina, which was originally operated by the Dominion Line. Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, she was the company's second and last ship to be exclusively powered by turbines.ДЄ liner of medium size and low speed for the time, and divided into two classes, she was designed to serve Canada, which she did from her being put into service in June 1923 until 1932. She was the second ship of the company to bear this name. SS Doric was a British ocean liner operated by White Star Line.

Scrapped on November 1935, Monmouthshire, Wales Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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