&sq=&lang=&file=File:SS_Sarpedon.JPG) Sarpedon in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool
Oil on canvas by JS Mann | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sarpedon |
| Namesake | Sarpedon |
| Owner | Ocean Steam Ship Co |
| Operator | Alfred Holt & Co |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Route | Liverpool – Far East |
| Builder | Cammell, Laird & Co |
| Yard number | 893 |
| Launched | 2 February 1923 |
| Completed | June 1923 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped after 5 June 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Refrigerated cargo and passenger liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 499.0 ft (152.1 m) |
| Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
| Depth | 34.9 ft (10.6 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × steam turbines; twin screws |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Capacity | 155 first class passengers |
| Notes |
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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]
- ^ Swiggum, Susan; Kohli, Marjorie (17 October 2010). "Blue Funnel Line". TheShipsList. Retrieved 1 November 2020.