British pass/cargo liner RMSP ARLANZA, imo 1132021/ 180m/ 15.044gt/ triple screw/ 17kn/ pax: 400 1st/ 230 2nd/ 700 3rd; 09/1912 completed by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Ltd, London; 06/08/1914 off coasts of Brazil she was captured by the german raider KAYZER WILHELM DER GROSSE, but when it was discovered that she was carrying bona fide passengers of which 420 were women and children she was allowed to proceed; 24/04/1915 armed merchant cruiser; 04/1920 returned to her owners and after refurbished she restarted her River Plate service; 1929 she was converted from coal to oil fuel; 1932 RMS ARLANZA, Royal Mail Lines, Ltd, London; 08/1938 laid up and later same year arrived Blyth for breaking up.
(owner's post card - my collection) |
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