DEMOSTHENES

BUILT BY HARLAND & WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1911. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 11,223 TONS. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE THEMISTOCLES .

SHE MADE  HER MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO MELBOURNE VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN THIRTY-SIX DAYS.

DURING THE GREAT WAR SHE SERVED AS A TROOP SHIP, RESUMING HER AUSTRALIAN SERVICE IN 1920.

IN 1928 SHE AND HER SISTER WERE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF OCEANIC, BUT STILL ON THE SAME ROUTE NOW INCLUDING BRISBANE NOW.

IN 1929 SHE NOW SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA FROM LIVERPOOL  AS OPPOSED TO LONDON.

IN 1931 SHE WAS BROKEN UP AT JARROW.