Arcadia (1953)

Builder:
John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
June 28, 1951
Year Built:
1953
Launched:
May 14, 1953
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
January 20, 1954
Fate:
Sold Feb. 27, 1979 to Lee Chang Steel & Iron Works and scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
the same year.


Owner
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
London, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance (as built)

Length:
721' 4"
Engines:
6 impulse reaction geared steam turbines
Beam:
90' 5"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
31'
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
29,734
HP:
42,500
DWT:
10,646
Speed:
22 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
1,405 (a)
Masts:
2 (B)
Construction notes
(a):
1973 converted to 1,350 in single class.
(b):
1970 Mainmast removed and foremast shortened.


Timeline
Feb. 22, 1954:
Maiden voyage UK to Australia.
1959:
Refit at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland. Air conditioning added.
1970:
Refit at Thorneycroft, Southampton, England.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 25, 2009