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RMS Strathnaver in 1937
History
RMS StrathnaverUnited Kingdom
Name
  • RMS Strathnaver;
  • SS Strathnaver
NamesakeStrathnaver in Sutherland, Scotland
Owner P&O Steam Navigation Co[1]
Operator P&O Steam Navigation Co
Port of registryUnited Kingdom London[1]
RouteTilbury — Brisbane[4]
OrderedJanuary 1930
BuilderVickers-Armstrong, Barrow[1]
Yard number663[3]
Launched5 February 1931[2]
Christened5 February 1931 by Lady Janet Bailey
CompletedSeptember 1931[1]
Maiden voyage2 October 1931[2]
HomeportTilbury
Identification
  • UK official number 162619[1]
  • Call sign GRPZ[1]
FateScrapped in Hong Kong, 1962[2]
General characteristics
Class and type"Strath" class ocean liner
Tonnage
  • 22,283 GRT[1]
  • 12,675 tonnage under deck[1]
  • 13,361 NRT[1]
Length638.7 feet (194.7 m)[1]
Beam80.2 feet (24.4 m)[1]
Draught29 feet 2 inches (8.9 m)[1]
Depth33.1 feet (10.1 m)[1]
Installed power
  • 6,315 NHP[1]
  • 28,000 shp[2]
Propulsion
  • turbo-electric transmission;
  • twin screw[1]
Speed
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[5]
  • or 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)[4]
Capacity
  • as built:
  • 498 1st class, 670 tourist class[2]
  • after 1948 refit: 1,252 tourist class[2]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • direction finding equipment,[1]
  • echo sounding device,[1]
  • gyrocompass[1]
Notessister ship: RMS Strathaird[1]

RMS Strathnaver, later SS Strathnaver, was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O).

She was the first of five sister ships in what came to be called the "Strath" class. All previous P&O steamships had black-painted hulls and funnels but Strathnaver and her sisters were painted with white hulls and buff funnels,[6][7] which earned them the nickname "The Beautiful White Sisters"[4] or just "The White Sisters". Strathnaver and her sister ships RMS Strathaird and RMS Strathmore were Royal Mail Ships that worked P&O's regular liner route between Tilbury in Essex, England and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.[4]

Strathnaver remained in service for just over 30 years, being scrapped in 1962.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1937. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "R.M.S. Strathnaver in Simon's Town". Simon's Town Archives. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Strathnaver (1931)" (PDF). poheritage.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Talbot-Booth 1942, p. 397
  5. ^ Harnack 1938, p. 560.
  6. ^ Talbot-Booth 1942, p. 534.
  7. ^ Harnack 1938, p. 559.

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