Sophocles was built at the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast. She and her sister ship SS Diogenes, like other Aberdeen Line ships were conceived primarily as cargo vessels. Sophocles had accommodation for 130 first class and 420 third class passengers.
In 1926, Sophocles and Diogenes were chartered by Shaw, Savill & Albion for the New Zealand trade. The third class accommodation was greatly improved and both ships benefitted from conversion from coal burning to oil, which brought an increase in speed to 15 knots, for the cost of £70,000 each. At this time Sophocles was renamed Tamaroa and Diogenes was renamed Mataroa.
SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in 1956
During World War IITamaroa served as a troopship during the North African campaign. At the end of hostilities, she was refitted for tourist class only and served on the UK-Panama canal-New Zealand route until her scrapping in 1957.[1]
Referencesedit
Notes
^Dunn, Laurence (1964). Famous liners of the past - Belfast Built. London: Adlard Coles Ltd.
Bibliography
Famous liners of the past - Belfast Built - Laurence Dunn, 1964
October 31, 2023
sophocles, 1921, other, ships, with, same, name, sophocles, 1900, uscgc, tamaroa, sophocles, ocean, liner, aberdeen, line, launched, 1921, later, sold, shaw, savill, albion, line, sophocles, aberdeen, wharf, millers, point, south, wales, november, 1923historyu. For other ships with the same name see SS Sophocles 1900 and USCGC Tamaroa SS Sophocles was a 12 300 ton ocean liner of the Aberdeen Line launched in 1921 and later sold to the Shaw Savill amp Albion Line SS Sophocles at the Aberdeen Wharf at Millers Point New South Wales on 10 November 1923HistoryUnited KingdomNameSS Sophocles TamaroaOperatorAberdeen Line 1921 1932 Shaw Savill amp Albion Line 1926 1957 RouteUK to New ZealandBuilderHarland amp Wolff BelfastYard number575Launched22 September 1921Completed2 February 1922FateScrapped Faslane 1957General characteristicsTypePassenger shipTonnage12 375 GRTLength500 ft 3 in 152 48 m Beam63 ft 1 in 19 23 m Depth of hold39 ft 6 in 12 04 m Installed power5 200 s h p Propulsion2 Steam turbinesSpeed13 5 knots 25 0 km h 15 5 mph Ship history editSophocles was built at the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast She and her sister ship SS Diogenes like other Aberdeen Line ships were conceived primarily as cargo vessels Sophocles had accommodation for 130 first class and 420 third class passengers In 1926 Sophocles and Diogenes were chartered by Shaw Savill amp Albion for the New Zealand trade The third class accommodation was greatly improved and both ships benefitted from conversion from coal burning to oil which brought an increase in speed to 15 knots for the cost of 70 000 each At this time Sophocles was renamed Tamaroa and Diogenes was renamed Mataroa nbsp SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in 1956 During World War II Tamaroa served as a troopship during the North African campaign At the end of hostilities she was refitted for tourist class only and served on the UK Panama canal New Zealand route until her scrapping in 1957 1 References editNotes Dunn Laurence 1964 Famous liners of the past Belfast Built London Adlard Coles Ltd Bibliography Famous liners of the past Belfast Built Laurence Dunn 1964 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Sophocles 1921 amp oldid 1162517710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
