RMS Arcadian as she appeared between 1910 and 1915
History
United Kingdom
Name
Ortona (1899–1910)
RMS Arcadian (1910–17)
Owner
Pacific Steam Navigation Company (1899–1906)
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (1906–17)
Port of registry
Liverpool (1899–1906)
London (1906–10)
Belfast (1910–17)
Route
London – Australia (1899–1910)
Builder
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd, Barrow
Yard number
272
Launched
10 July 1899
Completed
26 October 1899
Maiden voyage
24 November 1899
Identification
UK official number 110613
code letters RJQT
by 1914: call sign MJR
Fate
Torpedoed 15 April 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage
7,945 GRT, 4,115 NRT
Length
500.0 ft (152.4 m)
Beam
55.3 ft (16.9 m)
Draught
33.7 ft (10.3 m)
Installed power
506 NHP, 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW)
Propulsion
Triple-expansion steam engine; twin screws
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity
140 first class, 180 second class, 300 third class (as built)
SS Arcadian was an ocean liner launched in Barrow-in-Furness in 1899 by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as Ortona. She was renamed Arcadian when the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company acquired her in 1906. She was chartered for the Royal Navy in 1915, and was sunk by a U-boat in 1917.
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