SS Sarpedon (1923)

Sarpedon in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool
Oil on canvas by JS Mann
History
United Kingdom
NameSarpedon
NamesakeSarpedon
OwnerOcean Steam Ship Co
OperatorAlfred Holt & Co
Port of registryLiverpool
RouteLiverpool – Far East
BuilderCammell, Laird & Co
Yard number893
Launched2 February 1923
CompletedJune 1923
Identification
FateScrapped after 5 June 1953
General characteristics
TypeRefrigerated cargo and passenger liner
Tonnage
Length499.0 ft (152.1 m)
Beam62.3 ft (19.0 m)
Depth34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Propulsion4 × steam turbines; twin screws
Speed15 kn (28 km/h)
Capacity155 first class passengers
Notes

SS Sarpedon was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1923. She was the fourth of six ships to bear the name.[1]

  1. ^ Swiggum, Susan; Kohli, Marjorie (17 October 2010). "Blue Funnel Line". TheShipsList. Retrieved 1 November 2020.