New Australia
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | Hamilton, Bermuda (1931–49) |
Route | New York – Hamilton (1931–39) |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Yard number | 1 |
Launched | 17 March 1931 |
Completed | November 1931 |
In service | 1931 |
Out of service | 1966 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 76.7 ft (23.4 m) |
Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth | 39 ft (12 m) |
Installed power | 4,411 NHP |
Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines, electric generators & motors, 4 × screws |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Capacity |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Notes | sister ship: Queen of Bermuda |
SS New Australia was a UK-built turbo-electric passenger steamship that had a varied career from 1931 to 1966. She was built as the ocean liner Monarch of Bermuda, was a troop ship in the Second World War and was damaged by fire in 1947.
She was then refitted to carry emigrants to Australia and renamed New Australia. In 1958 she was refitted again, renamed Arkadia and served as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship.