Strathmore Ship P&O S N co¹

• (Child) Birth*: Strathmore Ship P&O S N co was born in 1935; STRATHMORE / HENRIETTA LATSIS / MARIANNA LATSIS 1935
  STRATHMORE was built by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness for the P&O Line. She was a 23,580 gross ton ship, length 665ft x beam 82ft (202,69m x 25,04m), one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 20 knots. Accommodation for 525-1st and 500-tourist class passengers. Launched on 4th Apr.1935, her maiden voyage in Oct. was a cruise. In Nov.1935 she started London - Australia voyages and between 1939-1945 served as a troopship. Reconditioned between 1948-49, she resumed service between London, Bombay and Sydney on 27th Oct.1949. In 1961 she was converted to a one-class ship with accommodation for 1,250 passengers and the call at Bombay was omitted. On 20th June 1963 she commenced her last London - Australia sailing and was then sold to John S. Latsis, Piraeus and renamed MARIANNA LATSIS. Used on the Mecca pilgrimage service from Karachi, she was renamed HENRIETTA LATSIS in 1966 and was scrapped at Spezia in 1969.[Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.1, P&O Line]²
• (Deceased) Death*: Strathmore Ship P&O S N co died after 1963.²

• (Ship) Passenger List: Strathmore Ship P&O S N co passenger list included Archibald Hall Ford of Messrs Mackinnon, Mackenzie Co., Colombo and Elizabeth Sandeman Gray Williamson when she sailed on 9 October 1952 at from London, Bombay, India, . Ford, Archibald Hall, 38 Frogston Road W Edinburgh; travelling 1st class to Bombay; merchant, aged 52, country of last permanent residence British Possessions; country of intended future residence India.¹