RMS Carthage

RMS later SS Carthage was a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner of 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, RMS Corfu. Both ships were built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland and served from 1931 until 1961 when they were scrapped.[1][2]

Carthage
History
Name:
  • RMS Carthage
  • SS Carthage
  • SS Carthage Maru
Owner: P&O 1931–61
Port of registry: London
Route: London, Bombay, China
Builder:
Yard number: 535
Launched: 18 August 1931
Maiden voyage: 8 January 1932
Fate: Demolished 15 June 1961 by Miyachi Salvage Co Ltd, at Sakai, Japan.
General characteristics
Tonnage: 14,304 GRT
Length: 552 feet 6 inches (168.40 m)
Beam: 71 feet 5 inches (21.77 m)
Installed power: 6 × steam turbines
Propulsion: twin screws
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity:
  • 177 First Class
  • 214 Second Class
Notes: Originally to have been named Canton

War service

In January 1940 Carthage was converted to an armed merchant cruiser, flag number F99, fitted with eight six-inch guns in single mountings and two three-inch anti-aircraft guns. In 1943 she was disarmed and re-commissioned as a troopship.[3]

References
  1. http://www.poships.co.uk/thefareastpair.html
  2. "Carthage". Clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. Lenton, H T; Colledge, J J (1973). Warships of World War 2. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 304. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.


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