CATHAY
Code - NL132
£1.75
Class - 3
Date - 1925
Description - CATHAY NL132
Completed 1925, with sisters Comorin and Chitral,
for the P & O Line. All three were converted to
Armed Merchant Cruisers in WW2 and Cormorin
Was lost in 1942. Cathay was converted to a troop
Transport and she too was lost in 1942.
Gross Tonnage 15,100 tons
Dimensions 547’ x 70’ x 30’
Speed 16 knots
Passengers 300