SS Himalaya (1948)

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Himalaya
Namesake	Himalaya
Owner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Operator	1949-1961 P&O Lines, 1961-1966 P&O-Orient Lines, 1966-1974 P&O Lines
Port of registry	London, UK
Route	Tilbury-Gibraltar-Marseilles-Naples-Port Said-Aden-Bombay-Colombo-Singapore-Fremantle-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney
Ordered	March 1945
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, UK
Cost	£3,500,000
Yard number	951
Laid down	26 February 1946
Launched	5 October 1948
Completed	August 1949
Maiden voyage	6 October 1949
Out of service	31 October 1974
Identification	Official number: 183093; IMO number: 5150800;
Fate	Scrapped, 1975
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	As built 27,955 GRT; 1963, 27,989 GRT; 1969, 28,047 GRT); 9,659 DWT;
Length	708 ft 8 in (216.00 m) o/a; 667 ft 0 in (203.30 m) p/p;
Beam	90 ft 8 in (27.64 m)
Draught	31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 42,550 shp (31,730 kW); 2 screws;
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity	As built, 758 1st class, 401 tourist class (1963, 1,416 tourist class), cargo 450,000 cu ft (13,000 m3)
Crew	572

SS Himalaya was a British passenger ship of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, launched in 1948, which operated mainly between Britain and Australia. She was withdrawn from service in 1974 and scrapped the next year.

History

United Kingdom
Name	SS Himalaya
Namesake	Himalaya
Owner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Operator	1949-1961 P&O Lines, 1961-1966 P&O-Orient Lines, 1966-1974 P&O Lines
Port of registry	London, UK
Route	Tilbury-Gibraltar-Marseilles-Naples-Port Said-Aden-Bombay-Colombo-Singapore-Fremantle-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney
Ordered	March 1945
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, UK
Cost	£3,500,000
Yard number	951
Laid down	26 February 1946
Launched	5 October 1948
Completed	August 1949
Maiden voyage	6 October 1949
Out of service	31 October 1974
Identification	Official number: 183093 IMO number: 5150800
Fate	Scrapped, 1975
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	As built 27,955 GRT 1963, 27,989 GRT 1969, 28,047 GRT) 9,659 DWT
Length	708 ft 8 in (216.00 m) o/a 667 ft 0 in (203.30 m) p/p
Beam	90 ft 8 in (27.64 m)
Draught	31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 42,550 shp (31,730 kW) 2 screws
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity	As built, 758 1st class, 401 tourist class (1963, 1,416 tourist class), cargo 450,000 cu ft (13,000 m³)
Crew	572