Postcard of the RMS Carinthia
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Ordered | 1955[citation needed] |
Builder | John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland[1] |
Laid down | 1955[citation needed] |
Launched | 14 December 1955[1] |
Completed | 1956[2] |
Maiden voyage | June 1956[1] |
Out of service | 2003[1] |
Identification | IMO number: 5063629[1] |
Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India, 2005[1] |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Class and type | Saxonia class ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 185.40 m (608 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 24.39 m (80 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Two propellers[3] |
Speed |
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Capacity | 868 passengers |
Crew | 461[citation needed] |
General characteristics (after 1970 refit)[1] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Capacity | 884 passengers |
Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
General characteristics (after 1984 refit)[1] | |
Capacity | 906 passengers |
Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
RMS Carinthia was an ocean liner built in 1956 as one of the four Saxonia class ships.[2] She sailed for Cunard Line from her completion until 1968 when she was sold to Sitmar Line, rebuilt into a full-time cruise ship and renamed SS Fairsea. She sailed with Sitmar until 1988, when Sitmar was sold to P&O. She was renamed SS Fair Princess and sailed for Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises until 2000. She was then sold to China Sea Cruises and renamed SS China Sea Discovery. In 2005 or 2006 she was scrapped in Alang, India.[1][2]