Chusan
1950
(Albatros AL-125)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 24,215 tons
- Dimensions: 672 x 84 x 29 ft.
- Machinery: Geared steam turbines, twin screw, 42,000 shp = 22 knots
- Passengers: 1,026 (475 first class, 551 tourist class)
- Crew: 572
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong Shipbuilders, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England, 1950
- Service: Built for P&O Lines (British flag). Fitted with Denny-Brown stabilizers -- the first major passenger liner to be so equipped. Delivered 1 Jul 1950 and commenced her career with a series of cruises. In Sep made first voyage to Bombay and thereafter on England-Far East service. Used for world cruises starting 1959. Transferred to P&O-Orient Lines, 1960, then back to P&O Lines, 1966. Australia-Hong Kong-Yokohama service starting 1963. Last sailing to Bombay Jan 1970. Scrapped on Taiwan, 1973.
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