SS Corfu in June 1932 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RMS Corfu SS Corfu SS Corfu Maru |
| Owner: | P&O 1931-1961 |
| Port of registry: | London |
| Route: | London, Bombay, China |
| Ordered: | 25 June 1930 |
| Builder: | Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Yard number: | 534 |
| Laid down: | 9 September 1930 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1931 |
| Maiden voyage: | 16 October 1931 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 17 October 1961 by Miyachi Salvage Co Ltd, at Osaka, Japan. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 14,293 (GRT) |
| Length: | 543ft |
| Beam: | 71ft 5in |
| Draught: | 29ft 9in |
| Installed power: | Six steam turbines |
| Propulsion: | Twin propellers |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Capacity: | 177 First Class 214 Second Class |
| Notes: | Originally proposed name Chefoo |
RMS Corfu was a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Known as one of the 'Far East Sisters', she was launched in 1931 to serve the company's India and Far East Mail Service, along with her sister ship, the RMS Carthage. Both ships were built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland and served from 1931 until 1961 when they were scrapped in Japan. [1][2]
In September 1939 Corfu was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and armed with eight 6-inch guns as part of her conversion to an armed merchant cruiser. She served as in this role as HMS Corfu until February 1944, and as a troop transport from then until the end of World War II. In 1947 she was returned to her owners. She operated from Tilbury, London to Sydney as P&O Corfu in the 1950s
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