HISTORY MINUTE
RMS Strathmore was an ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O).
It was the third of five sister ships built for P&O in the
"Strath" class.
Launched in 1935, she served on the company's route from
London to India until 1940,
when she was
requisitioned for war service as a troop ship, and
redesignated as
SS Strathmore, until being
returned to her owners in 1948.
After a long refit, she resumed service with P&O from 1949 until 1963, when
she was
sold to Latsis Lines and renamed Marianna Latsi, then Henrietta Latsi,
before being
laid up in 1967 and finally scrapped in 1969.