SS Arcadian

History

RMS Arcadian as she appeared between 1910 and 1915




United Kingdom
Name	Ortona (1899–1910) RMS Arcadian (1910–17)
Owner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company (1899–1906) Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (1906–17)
Port of registry	Liverpool (1899–1906) London (1906–10) Belfast (1910–17)
Route	London – Australia (1899–1910)
Builder	Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd, Barrow
Yard number	272
Launched	10 July 1899
Completed	26 October 1899
Maiden voyage	24 November 1899
Identification	UK official number 110613 code letters RJQT by 1914: call sign MJR
Fate	Torpedoed 15 April 1917


General characteristics
Tonnage	7,945 GRT, 4,115 NRT
Length	500.0 ft (152.4 m)
Beam	55.3 ft (16.9 m)
Draught	33.7 ft (10.3 m)
Installed power	506 NHP, 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW)
Propulsion	Triple-expansion steam engine; twin screws
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity	140 first class, 180 second class, 300 third class (as built)

SS Arcadian was an ocean liner launched in Barrow-in-Furness in 1899 by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as Ortona. She was renamed Arcadian when the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company acquired her in 1906. She was chartered for the Royal Navy in 1915, and was sunk by a U-boat in 1917.