20,362grt; 8,916 dwt; part refrigerated; 464 passengers.
Operator: Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London
Built 1960 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. Yard no. 1596.
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x six-cylinder, two-stroke, opposed-piston Harland & Wolff-B&W 6-75VTBF-150/50 of 17,000bhp (total) at 120 rpm. Speed: 17.5 knots.
1969-transferred within the Furness Withy Group to Shaw Savill and Albion Ltd, renamed ARAWA.
1971-Sold to Leif Hoegh A/S of Norway, converted to a vehicle carrier and renamed HOEGH TRANSIT; 1972-renamed HOEGH TROTTER;
1977-transferred to Liberian flag as HUAL TROTTER;
1980-renamed TROTTER for voyage to breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photo: 17/8/1968 sailing from Tilbury Landing Stage, Port of London after calling there to embark passengers on the way downriver from London’s Royal Docks on Royal Mail Line’s cargo/passenger service to South America.