Chitral

(Albatros ALK-129)

Class: Armed Merchant Cruiser
Displacement: 15,241 tons
Dimensions: 548 x 70 x 31 ft.
Machinery: Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw, 13,000 ihp = 17 knots
Armament: 7-6in (7x1), 3-12pdr AA (3x1)

Builder: Alexander Stephens & Sons Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, 1925 Commissioned: 4 Oct 1939

Service: Built for P&O Lines. Originally had two funnels, accommodation for 199 first class, 135 second class. Maiden voyage 3 Jul 1925 on London-Australia service. Additional low-pressure turbines fitted 1930. War service as an armed merchant cruiser, 1939-43. Troopship 1944-47. Refit begun Sep 1947 as one-class immigrant ship. Returned to commercial service 30 Dec 1948 London-Sydney. Broken up 1953.