RMS Strathnaver

RMS Strathnaver in 1937
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Strathnaver; SS Strathnaver
Namesake	Strathnaver in Sutherland, Scotland
Owner	P&O Steam Navigation Co[1]
Operator	P&O Steam Navigation Co
Port of registry	London[1]
Route	Tilbury — Brisbane[2]
Ordered	January 1930
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow[1]
Yard number	663[3]
Launched	5 February 1931[4]
Christened	5 February 1931 by Lady Janet Bailey
Completed	September 1931[1]
Maiden voyage	2 October 1931[4]
Homeport	Tilbury
Identification	UK official number 162619[1] Call sign GRPZ[1]
Fate	Scrapped in Hong Kong, 1962[4]
General characteristics
Class and type	"Strath" class ocean liner
Tonnage	22,283 GRT[1] 12,675 tonnage under deck[1] 13,361 NRT[1]
Length	638.7 feet (194.7 m)[1]
Beam	80.2 feet (24.4 m)[1]
Draught	29 feet 2 inches (8.9 m)[1]
Depth	33.1 feet (10.1 m)[1]
Installed power	6,315 NHP[1] 28,000 shp[4]
Propulsion	turbo-electric transmission; twin screw[1]
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[5] or 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)[2]
Capacity	as built: 498 1st class, 670 tourist class[4] after 1948 refit: 1,252 tourist class[4]
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding equipment,[1] echo sounding device,[1] gyrocompass[1]
Notes	sister ship: RMS Strathaird[1]

RMS Strathnaver, later SS Strathnaver, was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O).

She was the first of five sister ships in what came to be called the "Strath" class. All previous P&O steamships had black-painted hulls and funnels but Strathnaver and her sisters were painted with white hulls and buff funnels,^[6][7] which earned them the nickname "The Beautiful White Sisters"^[2] or just "The White Sisters". Strathnaver and her sister ships RMS Strathaird and RMS Strathmore were Royal Mail Ships that worked P&O's regular liner route between Tilbury in Essex, England and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.^[2]

Strathnaver remained in service for just over 30 years, being scrapped in 1962.