Location from The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
Pur'n'Kleen ice hauler running water from Saturn's rings to the Belt. Her destruction by a stealth ship while responding to a distress call from the Scopuli was the inciting incident of the entire series.
The Canterbury was the kind of ship that made the solar system work — hauling water ice from Saturn's rings to Ceres and the Belt stations that depended on it. Her crew was a mix of Belters and Earthers doing unglamorous, essential work for mediocre pay. Nobody aboard expected to make history. When she responded to a distress signal from the Scopuli, Holden took a shuttle team to investigate. While they were away, a stealth ship destroyed the Canterbury with a nuclear weapon, killing everyone aboard. It was designed to look like a Mars attack on a civilian vessel — a false flag meant to start a war between the inner planets and the Belt. The Canterbury's death set everything in motion. Holden broadcast the evidence publicly, Mars and Earth mobilized fleets, the Belt erupted in riots, and the conspiracy behind it all scrambled to cover its tracks. Every ship, station, and world in the series traces back to that one ice hauler dying in the dark.
A massive, ugly workhorse of a ship — all industrial scaffolding and ice-hold superstructure, with none of the sleek engineering of a Martian warship. Built decades ago and showing every year. The hull is pocked with micrometeorite scars and patched welds. Drive cone oversized for her frame, needed to push megatons of ice across the system. Interior corridors are wide enough for cargo movers but poorly maintained, with flickering lights and air recyclers that never quite kill the smell.
Also known as: Canterbury, The Cant, Cant