SS Stratheden

SS Stratheden was a P&O steamship that carried passengers from Britain to South Africa, India, and Australia. During the Second World War it was briefly used between Europe and the United States for moving troops. It was decommissioned in 1969. The ship was named after the valley of the River Eden in Fifeshire.

Turned by a tugboat in the Brisbane River

Off Australia

Stratheden was built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. in 1937 at Barrow-in-Furness and had turbo-electric, 4,112 nhp engines. The engines ware made by British Thomson-Houston and had four large and two small water tube boilers. It had a tonnage of 23,732 and was a 202 metres (662 ft 9 in) long and 25 metres (82 ft 0 in) wide and had a maximum speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) with its twin screws. The ship made its maiden voyage on 24 December 1937 to Australia via the Suez Canal and Bombay. It could carry 532 first class and 454 second class passengers. From 1939 to 1947 it was used to transport troops. It was sold in 1964 to John Latsis and renamed as Henrietta Latsis, and later in 1966 as Marianna Latsis and broken up in 1969 at La Spezia.[1]