SS Cathay

Last updated February 20, 2019

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

SS Cathay (1872) 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.
SS Cathay (1957), completed for Compagnie Maritime Belge in 1957 as Baudouinville, withdrawn 1960, renamed Cathay in 1961 and operated by P&O. Transferred in 1969 to P&O subsidiary Eastern & Australian Steamship Company, (E&A). Withdrawn December 1975. Eventually passed to People's Republic of China as Kengshin, later Shanghai. Fate uncertain. Sister ship SS Chitral (1956) 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 Withdrawn 1975, later scrapped Taiwan.^[3]

SS Cathay was a British passenger ship that was sunk during Operation Torch in 1942 by a German air raid in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie, Algeria.

Empire Archer was a 7,031 ton cargo ship which was built in 1942. She was renamed Baron Murray in 1946. In 1959 she was renamed Cathay, serving until 1963 when she was scrapped.

The Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) is one of the oldest Antwerp ship-owners. It is controlled by the Saverys family who also own major stakes in the Exmar and Euronav groups.

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References

↑ "Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line". The Ships List. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
↑ "Launched 1924: ss CATHAY". Shipping Times. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
↑ 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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[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. Retrieved 4 January 2009.

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