Tag Archives: Vickers Armstrongs

No.548 Strathaird launched in 1931

Posted on April 16, 2023 by donships

22,544grt for P & O Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow A single funnel post-war Scrapped in Hong Kong 1961 Steve Walker color Rodney Lack photo

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No.599 Strathallan launched in 1937

Posted on April 16, 2023 by donships

23,722grt for P & O Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Torpedoed by U 562 off Oran 1942 The only Strath liner to be lost in WW2

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No.598 Stratheden launched in 1937

Posted on April 16, 2023 by donships

23,722grt for P & O Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Henrietta Latsi 1964 John S Latsis Marianna Latsi 1966 John S Latsis Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 Image from Ray Clark Stratheden was in Aden Harbour on Coronation Day 1953

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No.840 City of Port Elizabeth launched in 1952

Posted on April 10, 2023 by donships

13,363grt for Ellerman Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mediterranean Island 1971 MA Karageorgis Mediterranean Sun 1975 MA Karageorgis Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 IMO 5074020 Not the major conversion that you will see later on the other sisters Illustration by Henry Brayshaw

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No.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931

Posted on April 7, 2023 by donships

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 … Continue reading →

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No.534 Strathnaver launched in 1931

Posted on April 6, 2023 by donships

22,547grt for P & O Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Hong Kong 1962 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color, wartime in Malta and Sydney, Aden with the Castel Felice Strathnaver leaving Sydney with the Orcades during WW2

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