Arlanza
Ship Number
1596
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
Musgrave Yard
Slip Number
11
Launch Date
April 13, 1960
Launched By
Lady Dorothy Macmillan
Delivered
September 23, 1960
Owner
Royal Mail Lines Ltd
Weight
20362 grt
BP Length
540 feet
Breadth
78 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
17.5 knots
Propulsion
H&W turbo charged Single Acting (S.A.) Diesel
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
Arlanza

(Sisters Amazon, Aragon)
 
Built for mail, passenger and refrigerated cargo service from London to Brazil and River Plate.
 
Transferred 1969 to Shaw Savill Line; renamed Arawa (tons now 18,595) and used on round-the-world service.
 
Sold 1971 to Leif Höegh & Co A/S, Oslo, Norway; renamed Höegh Transit and converted at Rijeka to side-door vehicle carrier (tons now 10,658)
 
1972 renamed Höegh Trotter (same ownership).
 
Sold 1977 to Ace Transportation Co, Monrovia; renamed Hual Trotter
 
Renamed Trotter in 1980
 
In 1981 she was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.