HMS Corfu at Greenock after a refit, May 1943. Note the wartime camouflage paint, and her second funnel has been removed
In September 1939 Corfu was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and armed with eight 6-inch guns as part of her conversion to an armed merchant cruiser. She served as in this role as HMS Corfu until February 1944, and as a troop transport from then until the end of World War II. On 10 July 1940 she collided with HMS Hermes in the Atlantic Ocean and was damaged and abandoned. She was reboarded later in the day and subsequently taken in tow by HMS Milford and the Dutch tug Donau and reached Freetown, Sierra Leone on 13 July. She was beached on 19 August for repairs to her bow and re-entered service in early 1941.[3] On 7 October 1945 Corfu docked at Southampton carrying the first 1,500 British prisoners of war to return from Japanese camps in the Far East. In 1947 she was returned to her owners. She operated from Tilbury to Sydney as P&O Corfu in the 1950s
corfu, other, uses, corfu, disambiguation, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, temp. For other uses see Corfu disambiguation This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message RMS Corfu was a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Known as one of the Far East Sisters she was launched in 1931 to serve the company s India and Far East Mail Service along with her sister ship the RMS Carthage Both ships were built by Alexander Stephen amp Sons Ltd in Glasgow Scotland and served from 1931 until 1961 when they were scrapped in Japan 1 2 SS Corfu in June 1932HistoryNameRMS Corfu SS Corfu SS Corfu MaruOwnerP amp O 1931 1961Port of registryLondonRouteLondon Bombay ChinaOrdered25 June 1930BuilderAlexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow ScotlandYard number534Laid down9 September 1930Launched20 May 1931Maiden voyage16 October 1931FateScrapped 17 October 1961 by Miyachi Salvage Co Ltd at Osaka Japan General characteristicsTonnage14 293 GRT Length543ftBeam71ft 5inDraught29ft 9inInstalled powerSix steam boilers two turbinesPropulsionTwin propellersSpeed18 knotsCapacity177 First Class 214 Second ClassNotesOriginally proposed name Chefoo Contents 1 World War II 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksWorld War II edit nbsp HMS Corfu at Greenock after a refit May 1943 Note the wartime camouflage paint and her second funnel has been removedIn September 1939 Corfu was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and armed with eight 6 inch guns as part of her conversion to an armed merchant cruiser She served as in this role as HMS Corfu until February 1944 and as a troop transport from then until the end of World War II On 10 July 1940 she collided with HMS Hermes in the Atlantic Ocean and was damaged and abandoned She was reboarded later in the day and subsequently taken in tow by HMS Milford and the Dutch tug Donau and reached Freetown Sierra Leone on 13 July She was beached on 19 August for repairs to her bow and re entered service in early 1941 3 On 7 October 1945 Corfu docked at Southampton carrying the first 1 500 British prisoners of war to return from Japanese camps in the Far East In 1947 she was returned to her owners She operated from Tilbury to Sydney as P amp O Corfu in the 1950sReferences edit http www poships co uk thefareastpair html RMS Corfu Clydeships Retrieved 6 November 2019 Naval Events July 1940 Part 1 of 2 Monday 1st Sunday 14th Naval History Retrieved 23 November 2011 Bibliography editSmith Andrew 1983 Question 22 79 Warship International XX 4 428 429 ISSN 0043 0374 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corfu ship 1931 nbsp This article about a specific cruise ship is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RMS Corfu amp oldid 1110235368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
