RMS Strathnaver in 1937
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Namesake | Strathnaver in Sutherland, Scotland |
Owner | P&O Steam Navigation Co[1] |
Operator | P&O Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | London[1] |
Route | Tilbury — Brisbane[2] |
Ordered | January 1930 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow[1] |
Yard number | 663[3] |
Launched | 5 February 1931[4] |
Christened | 5 February 1931 by Lady Janet Bailey |
Completed | September 1931[1] |
Maiden voyage | 2 October 1931[4] |
Homeport | Tilbury |
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Fate | Scrapped in Hong Kong, 1962[4] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | "Strath" class ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 638.7 feet (194.7 m)[1] |
Beam | 80.2 feet (24.4 m)[1] |
Draught | 29 feet 2 inches (8.9 m)[1] |
Depth | 33.1 feet (10.1 m)[1] |
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Notes | sister ship: RMS Strathaird[1] |
RMS Strathnaver, later SS Strathnaver, was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O).
She was the first of five sister ships in what came to be called the "Strath" class. All previous P&O steamships had black-painted hulls and funnels but Strathnaver and her sisters were painted with white hulls and buff funnels,[6][7] which earned them the nickname "The Beautiful White Sisters"[2] or just "The White Sisters". Strathnaver and her sister ships RMS Strathaird and RMS Strathmore were Royal Mail Ships that worked P&O's regular liner route between Tilbury in Essex, England and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.[2]
Strathnaver remained in service for just over 30 years, being scrapped in 1962.