SS Cathay

SS Cathay was the name of a number of ships, including:

served with P & O until sold in 1890.^[1]
SS Cathay, launched in 1924, served with P&O until bombed and sunk in 1942.^[2]
SS Cathay, launched in 1942 as Empire Archer, renamed Cathay in 1959 and operated by the Cathay Shipping Corporation, Panama and scrapped in 1963.
, completed for Compagnie Maritime Belge in 1957 as Baudouinville, withdrawn 1960, renamed Cathay in 1961 and operated by P&O. Transferred in 1969 to P&O subsidiary , (E&A). Withdrawn December 1975. Eventually passed to People's Republic of China as Kengshin, later Shanghai. Fate uncertain. Sister ship was built as CMB's Jadotville in 1956, also transferred 1961 to P&O then to E&A (1970). Withdrawn 1975, later scrapped Taiwan.^[3]

References[]

^ "Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line". The Ships List. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
^ "Launched 1924: ss CATHAY". Shipping Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ The Last Blue Water Liners by William H. Miller, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 ISBN 0-85177-400-8 (pages 44-45,203)

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

[List-1] "Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line". The Ships List. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

[Cathay-2] "Launched 1924: ss CATHAY". Shipping Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] The Last Blue Water Liners by William H. Miller, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 ISBN 0-85177-400-8 (pages 44-45,203)

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