P&O
SS Arcadia
British passenger liner
History
SS Arcadia was a passenger liner built for P&O in 1953 to service the UK to Australia route. Towards the end of her life she operated as a cruise ship, based in Sydney, until scrapped in 1979.
Text: Wikipedia — SS Arcadia (1953), CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
29,734 GRT
Length
721 ft 4 in
Beam
90 ft 8 in
Draught
31 ft
Speed
22 knots
Passengers
Cargo: 7,864 m3
Crew
716
Builder
John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number
675
Launched
14 May 1953
Maiden voyage
22 February 1954
Owner
P&O
Port of registry
London, United Kingdom
Propulsion
Geared turbines, twin screw
Fate
Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 30 April 1979.
