RMS Parthia (1947)

RMS Parthia
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Parthia
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool,  United Kingdom.
Route	Liverpool - New York.
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	1331
Launched	25 February 1947
Completed	April 1948
Maiden voyage	10 April 1948
In service	1948–1961
Out of service	Sold to New Zealand Shipping Company in 1961
United Kingdom
Name	SS Remuera
Owner	New Zealand Shipping Co.
Port of registry	London,  United Kingdom
Route	London - Auckland NZ
Acquired	November 1961
Maiden voyage	June 1962
In service	1962–1964
Out of service	Sold to Eastern & Australian Steamship Company in 1964
Australia
Name	SS Aramac
Owner	Eastern & Australian Steamship Company
Route	Melbourne-Yokohama
Maiden voyage	February 1965
In service	1965–1969
Out of service	1969
Fate	Scrapped in Taiwan in 1969-70
General characteristics
Type	Cargo liner
Tonnage	As built 13,362 GRT 1962 13,619 GRT
Length	531.4 ft (162.0 m)
Beam	70.3 ft (21.4 m)
Draught	46 ft (14 m)
Decks	8
Installed power	15,000 shp (11,000 kW)
Propulsion	Geared steam turbines Twin propellers
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	As built 251 1st class 1962 350 one class.

RMS Parthia was the second of two all first class transatlantic passenger cargo liners built for the Cunard Line. She later served on the London to Auckland route for the New Zealand Shipping Company under the name Remuera, and still later as a Pacific cruise ship under the name Aramac. She was scrapped in 1969–70.^[1][2]