MILTIADES / ORCANA

BUILT IN 1903 BY STEPHENS & CO OF GLASGOW, FOR THE ABERDEEN LINE, WITH JUST A SINGLE FUNNEL, A SECOND FUNNEL BEING  ADDED IN 1912,WHEN SHE UNDERWENT A MAJOR RE-FIT WITH HER LENGTH BEING INCREASED AND  AND HER TONNAGE BEING INCREASED FROM 6,793 TONS TO THAT OF 7,817 TONS.SHE HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 15 KNOTS. HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS IN 1903, LEAVING LONDON ON 3RD NOVEMBER, BOUND FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY,VIA CAPE TOWN. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO 'MARATHON'. FROM 1915 TO HER RETURN TO NORMAL CIVILIAN DUTIES IN 1920 SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT VESSEL. IN 1921 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL MAIL LINE AND RE-NAMED 'ORCANA'. IN 1922 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PNSC,BUT SHE PROVED UNPROFITABLE. LAID UP IN DARTMOUTH IN 1923 AND SCRAPPED IN HOLLAND THE FOLLOWING YEAR.