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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RMS Maloja |
Owner | P&O Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | London |
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Ordered | 29 November 1918 |
Builder | Messrs Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast |
Yard number | 588[1] |
Launched | 19 April 1923 |
Completed | 25 October 1923[1] |
Maiden voyage | 2 November 1923 |
Fate | Scrapped on 2 April 1954, Inverkeithing |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage |
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Length | 600+1⁄2 ft (183.0 m) pp |
Beam | 73+1⁄2 ft (22.4 m) |
Draught | 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) |
Decks | 5 |
Installed power | 15,300 shaft horsepower (11,400 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Capacity |
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Crew |
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Notes | Black hull with white line, red boot-topping, upper works stone, funnels black. |
RMS Maloja was a British ocean liner that saw service from 1923 to 1954.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ordered two sister ships, RMS Maloja and RMS Mooltan, from Harland and Wolff Ltd on 29 November 1918. Hull number 588[1] was named Maloja, after a previous SS Maloja that was a 1911 M-class liner that had been sunk by a German mine in 1916. The interior design was in keeping with the high standards of the Line. The public rooms were luxurious, completely decorated and lofty. All first and second class cabins had portholes. The dining saloon seated 330; it was panelled in a neo-Georgian style, finished throughout in ivory white, with the doors and architraves in polished mahogany. The reading and music saloon was in the style of Louis XVI with large French windows. RMS Maloja was launched by Hon. Elsie Mackay, daughter of the company's chairman James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape, on 19 April 1923. Maloja and Mooltan eventually earned a reputation for comfort and reliability. Maloja was delivered on 25 October 1923. The two sister ships were the largest that could comfortably pass through the Suez Canal at that time.