Arnhem

Ownership

1947 LNER
1948 British Transport Commission
1963 British Railways Board

Capacity

Maximum 750 in 323 single/double berths, one class to 1949.
From 1954, 375 1^st class and 200 2^nd Class.

Routes

Harwich - Hoek van Holland

Shipbuilder

John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank (yard no. 636)
Launched 30/10/1946 Completed 05/1947

Dimensions

GRT: 4891grt

Length: 377.1ft

Beam: 54.5ft

Engine builder

John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank

Propulsion

2 sets Parsons SR geared turbines, twin screws, 8000 SHP, 21 knots

Notes

A sister ship AMSTERDAM was built in 1950 under B.T.C. ownership.
Made her final sailing from Hoek on 26 April 1968 and broken up at Inverkeithing, arrived 16 August 1968.