SS St Petersburg SS St Petersburg TrSS "St Petersburg" was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1910. "St Petersburg" was built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 25 April 1910. She was launched by Miss Green, daughter of Frederick Green, director of the Great Eastern Railway Company. She was placed on the Harwich-to-Hook of Holland route. "St Petersburg" was requisitioned by the Admiralty during the First World War and renamed Archangel in 1916. She was used as a cross-channel troopship. After the war "Archangel" returned to railway ownership, and in
Death rates in the 20th century In the middle of 20th century America, the leading cause of death was heart disease with an impressive 355.5 deaths per 100,000 followed by cancer at 139.8 deaths per 100,000. Although death rates dropped significantly in the latter part of the 20th century, the leading killers are still constant. The United States saw 192.9 people per 100,000 die from heart disease in 2010 followed by cancer with 185.9 people per 100,000. The world population in the 20th century experienced a large amount of death due to two major world wars. World War II was responsible for the most war related