SS Chusan
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Chusan |
| Owner: | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| Operator: | 1950-1960, P&O Line. 1960-1966, P&O-Orient Lines. 1966-1973, P&O Line |
| Port of registry: | London,  UK
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| Route: | Tilbury-Bombay-Hong Kong-Yokohama |
| Ordered: | May 1946 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow in Furness, UK |
| Yard number: | 964 |
| Laid down: | February 1947 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1949 |
| Completed: | 1950 |
| Maiden voyage: | 15 September 1950 |
| Out of service: | 1973 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd, Kaoshiung, Taiwan in 1973 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Passenger/cargo ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 24,215 GRT |
| Length: | 646.5 ft (197.1 m) |
| Beam: | 85.2 ft (26.0 m) |
| Draught: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Depth: | 36.2 ft (11.0 m) |
| Decks: | 7 (passenger accessible) |
| Installed power: | 42,500shp |
| Propulsion: | Double reduction geared turbines, twin screw |
| Speed: | 22 kn (40.74 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 988 passengers (455 first class, 517 second class) |
| Crew: | 577 |
| Notes: | |
The SS Chusan was a British ocean liner and cruise ship, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)'s Indian and Far East Service in 1950. She was named after Chusan, a small island off China. A smaller version of the SS Himalaya, the Chusan had a gross register tonnage of 24,215; and a capacity of 1,565 passengers and crew. She was built as a replacement for the ship RMS Viceroy of India, lost in the Second World War. She was 646.5 feet (197.1 m) long. The Chusan is said to have brought new standards of shipboard luxury to India and the Far East. She was the last passenger liner built for P & O by Vickers-Armstrongs.
Chusan entered service in 1950, with her maiden voyage from London, England to Bombay, India. But she first made two "shake down" "all first class trips", one of a week's length and the other of a fortnight, sailing to Lisbon, Casablanca and Madeira. For most of her working life, she carried passengers between London, Bombay, and Japan, but from 1963 also operated to Sydney, Australia. In 1973, she retired from service and was sold to be scrapped at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chusan was ordered in May 1946 and was built by Vickers Armstrong Ltd., Barrow (yard number #964) in the port of Furness, England. In February 1947, her keel was laid, and was launched on 28 June 1949 and christened by the wife of Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, Viscountess Bruce. In June 1950, she underwent sea trials, and was delivered to P&O on 14 June 1950. The Chusan was the largest and last ship built for the Far East Services of P&O. A notable feature of the ship is that it was the first passenger ship to be equipped with anti-roll stabilizers.
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