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SS Himalaya (1892)
SS Himalaya was a P&O steam ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1892 and scrapped in Germany in 1922. She operated scheduled services between England and Australia until 1908, and then to and from Japan until 1914.
Although built as a civilian ship, Himalaya was designed to be suitable for conversion to an auxiliary cruiser if required. In the First World War she served as a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser from 1914, and was equipped with a seaplane from 1916.
This was the second P&O liner to be called Himalaya. The first Himalaya was completed in 1854, spent most of her career in the Royal Navy as a troop ship and then a coal hulk, and was sunk by enemy action in 1940. The third Himalaya was completed in 1949 and scrapped in 1975.
In 1887 Caird & Company at Greenock on the Firth of Clyde built a pair of liners for P&O, Victoria and Britannia. They were sometimes called the "Jubilee boats" because 1887 was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
In the same year Harland & Wolff in Belfast launched two sister ships of the same class, Oceana and Arcadia, that were completed in 1888. The "Jubilee boats" from Harland & Wolff had the same beam as those from Caird, but were 3 ft (0.9 m) longer and their steam engines were rated at 883 rather than 849 NHP.
Caird built two more ships to an improved version of the same design in 1892. Himalaya and Australia had the same length and beam, but a more powerful engine and better passenger accommodation. Himalaya and Australia were yard numbers 266 and 267. Himalaya was launched on 27 February 1892 and completed on 24 June. Australia was launched on 29 July 1892 and completed on 31 October.
Himalaya's registered length was 465.6 ft (141.9 m), her beam was 52.2 ft (15.9 m) and her depth was 26.4 ft (8.0 m). Her tonnages were 6,929 GRT and 3,706 NRT. Himalaya and Australia were built to Admiralty requirements, with watertight bulkheads for which the UK Government paid an ongoing subsidy of £3,375 a year, to make them suitable to be requisitioned as auxiliary cruisers if required. Each ship had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine rated at 1,356 NHP or 10,000 IHP and giving a cruising speed of 17+1⁄2 knots (32.4 km/h). Steam was raised in three double-ended and three single-ended boilers. Each ship had two funnels and four masts.
Himalaya was built with berths for 265 first class and 144 second class passengers. Her complement was 249 officers and men, of whom 84 were white and 165 were Lascars. Her holds had capacity for 147,537 cubic feet (4,178 m3) of cargo, including refrigerated space for perishable goods.
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SS Himalaya (1892)
SS Himalaya was a P&O steam ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1892 and scrapped in Germany in 1922. She operated scheduled services between England and Australia until 1908, and then to and from Japan until 1914.
Although built as a civilian ship, Himalaya was designed to be suitable for conversion to an auxiliary cruiser if required. In the First World War she served as a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser from 1914, and was equipped with a seaplane from 1916.
This was the second P&O liner to be called Himalaya. The first Himalaya was completed in 1854, spent most of her career in the Royal Navy as a troop ship and then a coal hulk, and was sunk by enemy action in 1940. The third Himalaya was completed in 1949 and scrapped in 1975.
In 1887 Caird & Company at Greenock on the Firth of Clyde built a pair of liners for P&O, Victoria and Britannia. They were sometimes called the "Jubilee boats" because 1887 was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
In the same year Harland & Wolff in Belfast launched two sister ships of the same class, Oceana and Arcadia, that were completed in 1888. The "Jubilee boats" from Harland & Wolff had the same beam as those from Caird, but were 3 ft (0.9 m) longer and their steam engines were rated at 883 rather than 849 NHP.
Caird built two more ships to an improved version of the same design in 1892. Himalaya and Australia had the same length and beam, but a more powerful engine and better passenger accommodation. Himalaya and Australia were yard numbers 266 and 267. Himalaya was launched on 27 February 1892 and completed on 24 June. Australia was launched on 29 July 1892 and completed on 31 October.
Himalaya's registered length was 465.6 ft (141.9 m), her beam was 52.2 ft (15.9 m) and her depth was 26.4 ft (8.0 m). Her tonnages were 6,929 GRT and 3,706 NRT. Himalaya and Australia were built to Admiralty requirements, with watertight bulkheads for which the UK Government paid an ongoing subsidy of £3,375 a year, to make them suitable to be requisitioned as auxiliary cruisers if required. Each ship had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine rated at 1,356 NHP or 10,000 IHP and giving a cruising speed of 17+1⁄2 knots (32.4 km/h). Steam was raised in three double-ended and three single-ended boilers. Each ship had two funnels and four masts.
Himalaya was built with berths for 265 first class and 144 second class passengers. Her complement was 249 officers and men, of whom 84 were white and 165 were Lascars. Her holds had capacity for 147,537 cubic feet (4,178 m3) of cargo, including refrigerated space for perishable goods.
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