No.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931

22,424grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle

In 1947 she was gutted by fire at Palmers Shipyard, Hebburn & declared a total loss. But the Ministry of Transport had her rebuilt as an emigrant ship & moved under her own power to Southampton to be rebuilt by JI Thornycroft & Co Ltd. Her three funnels were replaced by a single one, and the mainmast by a bipod mast/funnel arrangement forward of the funnel.

New Australia 1949 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Arkadia 1958 Greek Line

Scrapped in Valencia 1966

Image from Rich Turnwald

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