RMS Carthage

Carthage
History
Name	RMS Carthage SS Carthage SS Carthage Maru
Owner	P&O 1931–61
Port of registry	London
Route	London, Bombay, China
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number	535
Launched	18 August 1931
Maiden voyage	8 January 1932
Fate	Demolished 15 June 1961 by Miyachi Salvage Co Ltd, at Sakai, Japan.
General characteristics
Tonnage	14,304 GRT
Length	552 feet 6 inches (168.40 m)
Beam	71 feet 5 inches (21.77 m)
Installed power	6 × steam turbines
Propulsion	twin screws
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	177 First Class 214 Second Class
Notes	Originally to have been named Canton

RMS later SS Carthage was a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Known as one of the "Far East Sisters", she was launched in 1931 to serve the company's India and Far East Mail Service, along with her sister ship, RMS Corfu. Both ships were built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland and served from 1931 until 1961 when they were scrapped.

War service

In January 1940 Carthage was converted to an armed merchant cruiser, flag number F99, fitted with eight six-inch guns in single mountings and two three-inch anti-aircraft guns. In 1943 she was disarmed and re-commissioned as a troopship.