Strathaird
1940
(Albatros ALK-125)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 22,544 tons
- Dimensions: 664 x 80 x 29 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turboelectric, twin screw, 28,000 SHP = 20 knots
- Passengers: 1,166 (498 first class, 668 tourist class)
- Crew: 490
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong Shipbuilders, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England, 1932
- Service: Built for P&O Lines (British flag) Australia service. Maiden voyage 12 Feb 1932 London-Bombay-Colombo-Melbourne-Sydney. Converted to troopship 1939 as shown here. Transported over 128,000 troops during WW2.
Released from transport service 1946 and refit with single funnel, at 22,568 GRT with room for 573 first class, 496 tourist class, 17.5 knots cruising speed. First post-war voyage Jan 1948. Converted to single class in 1954 with 1,242 passengers. Last sailing to Australia 28 Mar 1961. Scrapped at Hong Kong, 1961.
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