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

