Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

This Parthia, the second Cunarder of that name, was the sister of Media. Unlike Media, Parthia was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She was the only ship Harland & Wolff ever built specifically for Cunard.

She made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 10 April 1948. In November, 1950, the original bell from the steamer Parthia (I) was presented to the Cunard Steamship Company and installed on Parthia (Ii).

Both Parthia and Media were used on intermediate Liverpool-New York or Canada services.

In 1953, she was fitted with the same Denny-Brown stabilizers which her sister had pioneered a year earlier.

The ship was uneconomic and sold to the P&O Group company New Zealand Shipping Co, renamed Remuera.

She re-entered service in June 1962, following rebuild of upper works aft by Alex Stephens, passenger complement now 350 one class. On 1 June 1962 her first sailing London - New Zealand.

In January 1965, she was transferred within P&O to the Eastern & Australian S.S. Company for their Hong Kong-Melbourne service renamed Aramac.

On 22 November 1969, she arrived Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for breaking up