RMS Morea
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| History | |
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| Name | RMS Morea |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Glagow |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 471 |
| Launched | 15 Aug 1908 |
| Completed | 14 Nov 1908 |
| In service | 1908 |
| Out of service | 1930 |
| Fate | broken up 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated |
| Tonnage | 10,890 tons |
| Length | 540.0 ft (164.6m) |
| Beam | 61.2 ft (18.65m) |
| Depth | 24.7 ft (7.48m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 16 knots (29.63 km/h) |
| Capacity | 407 x 1st class and 200 x 2nd class |
Remarks
Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and used on the UK to Australia or India services.
In late 1915 she was chartered as an ambulance transport and Australian troopship until March 1916 when she was returned to P & O. Under their management she then made three voyages to Australia before being requisitioned by the British Admiralty to be refitted as an armed merchant cruiser.
In 1919 as a result of repeated delays in refitting, she was nicknamed HMS Neversail. From 1919 until 1930 sailed for P & O on the London- Bombay-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney route. In 1930 she was sold for demolition, arriving in Kobe on 19 Oct 1930.