For other ships with the same name, see
SS Aztec.
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| History |
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| Name |
- SS Canterbury (1900–26)
- SY Arpha (1926–38)
- SS Arpha (1938–39)
- HMS Arpha (1939–46)
- SS Coriano (1946–55)
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| Owner |
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1901–22)
- Southern Railway (1923–26)
- W E Guinness (1926–38)
- Crete Shipping Co Ltd (1938)
- Sark Motorships Ltd (1938–39)
- Royal Navy (1939–46)
- W J Brown (1946)
- Shell Company of Venezuela (1946–47)
- Caribbean Petroleum Co (1947–49)
- Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co (1949–51)
- J M Perez Hernandez (1951–55)
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| Operator |
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1901–22)
- Southern Railway (1923–26)
- W E Guinness (1926–38)
- Crete Shipping Co Ltd (1938)
- Sark Motorships Ltd (1938–39)
- Royal Navy (1939–46)
- Worms & Co (1946)
- Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd (1946–47)
- Caribbean Petroleum Co (1947–49)
- Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co (1949–51)
- J M Perez Hernandez (1951–55)
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| Port of registry |
 London (1901–26)- Cowes (1926–38)
- Guernsey (1938–39)
 Guernsey (1939–46)- London (1946–47)
 Maracaibo (1947–55) |
| Route | Dover–Calais (1901–26) |
| Builder | W Denny, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 640 |
| Launched | 6 December 1900 |
| Completed | January 1901 |
| Out of service | October 1955 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped 1955 |
| General characteristics |
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| Type |
- Passenger ferry (1901–26)
- Steam yacht (1926–38)
- Passenger ferry (1938–39)
- Armed boarding vessel (1939–46)
- Passenger ferry (1946–55)
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| Tonnage |
- 561 GRT (1901–26), 602 (1926–55)
- 225 NRT (1901–26), 233 (1926–55)
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| Length | 195.4 ft (59.6 m) |
| Beam | 28.0 ft (8.5 m) |
| Depth | 14.2 ft (4.3 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 2 × triple expansion steam engines |
| Propulsion | Twin screws |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Arpha was a 602 GRT passenger ferry built in 1900 as Canterbury for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. She was sold to W E Guinness in 1926 and renamed Arpha. In 1938 she was sold to Sark Motorships Ltd, only to be requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939. Postwar, she was sold to Compania Shell de Venezuela and renamed Coriano. After a further change of ownership she was scrapped in 1955.
