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 167,701 pages of information and 247,104 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

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1954. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co Liner.
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A ship such as the P. and 0 liner "Arcadia," required to be 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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