Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,647 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

SS Arcadia

From Graces Guide
1887.
1888. Voyage to Australia on Board the SS Arcadia (18/12/88) written by Andrew Gray (1847-1925)‎. Read the full diary entry here.
1954. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co Liner.
1954.
1956.

SS Arcadia may refer to:

  • SS Arcadia (1887)-built by Harland and Wolff for P&O, completed on 12 May 1888
  • SS Arcadia (1896)-built by Harland and Wolff for Hamburg America Line, in service 1896–1926
  • SS Arcadia (1922)-in service 1922–34
  • SS Arcadia (1954)-in service 1954–79

SS Arcadia (1954)

A ship such as the P. and O. liner "Arcadia" was equipped with the range of products and services that people expected to find in homes, offices and centres of entertainment, in addition to propulsion and navigational installations. The " Arcadia " had a gross tonnage of 29,734 and was propelled by two sets of double-reduction geared turbines developing a total of 34,000 s.h.p. for a service speed of 22.5 knots. She was built by John Brown and Co. (Clydebank) Ltd and launched in 1953[1]

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