MONARCH OF BERMUDA / NEW AUSTRALIA / ARKADIA

BUILT BY VICKERS-ARMSTRONG IN NEWCASTLE. SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS THE  'MONARCH OF BERMUDA'  FOR FURNESS WITHY AND CO IN 1931.WHEN LAUNCHED SHE HAD THREE FUNNELS

 IN 1947 SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN HEBBURN-ON-TYNE WHILE UNDERGOING A REFIT ABD WAS  ORIGINALLY DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS, BUT  SHE WAS RE-BUILT IN SOUTHAMPTON BY THORNYCROFT AND RE-EMERGED AS THE 'NEW AUSTRALIA' IN 1949,WITH ONLY ONE FUNNEL

SHE MADE HER FIRST VOYAGE IN 1950, LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON FOR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA CARRYING MIGRANTS TO THEIR NEW HOME.

AFTER SYDNEY SHE RETURNED TO THE U.K VIA JAPAN  WHERE SHE PICKED UP BRITISH TROOPS RETURNING BACK HOME.

SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP SHIP AGAIN IN 1951, PICKING UP MOLUCCAN TROOPS TO TAKE THEM BACK TO HOLLAND. 

 DURING THE KOREAN WAR, SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP SHIP,CARRYING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS TO PUSAN.

SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION LINE USED HER FROM 1950 TO 1957 ON THE EMIGRANT RUN DOWN TO AUSTRALIA.

 IN 1958 SHE WAS SOLD TO A GREEK LINE AND RE-NAMED 'ARKADIA'.

IN 1966 SHE WAS SENT TO SPAIN AND SCRAPPED.