British pass/cargo liner RMS ALCANTARA (2), imo 1148151/ 200m/ 22.181gt/ twin screw/ 17,5kn/ pax 1.430/ crew 450; 18/02/1927 completed by Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast; for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Ltd, London; 1939 HMS ALCANTARA, armed merchant cruiser and ahead funnel removed; 1943 troopship; 1948 returned to Royal mail Lines, Ltd, London, and meanwhile rebuilt to be employed in her former service to River Plate with a capacity of 867 pax; 1958 KAISHO MARU, Okadagumi Co., Japan; 30/09/1959 arrived Osaka for breaking up.
(Owners post card F. Cabral collection) |