Ferry - British Railways SS Canterbury - Skyphotos RP postcard
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 128323508
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 1410
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1690)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Mon 19 May 2014 20:19:29 (BST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Postcard
- Picture / Image: British Railways SS Canterbury - ferry
- Publisher: Skyphotos, Lympne Airport, Kent
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
- Sent to: n/a
- Notes / condition:
Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.
Image may be low res for illustrative purposes - if you need a higher definition image then please contact me and I may be able to send one.
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Postage & Packing:
UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p
Europe: £1.60
Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75
No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).
Payment Methods:
UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order
Outside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).
NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not work) :
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Arpha was a 602 GRT passenger ferry built in 1900 as Canterbury for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. She was sold to W E Guinness in 1926 and renamed Arpha. In 1938 she was sold to Sark Motorships Ltd, only to be requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939. Postwar, she was sold to Compania Shell de Venezuela and renamed Coriano. After a further change of ownership she was scrapped in 1955.
The ship was built by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton. She was yard number 640 and was launched on 6 December 1900 with completion in January 1901.[1] As built, she had a GRT of 566 and a NRT of 144.[2] She was powered by two triple expansion steam engines,[1] which had cylinders of 13½ inches (34 cm), 20½ inches (52 cm) and 31 inches (79 cm) bore by 21 inches (53 cm) stroke.[3] These could propel her at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h).[1] After conversion, Arpha was 195 feet 4 inches (59.54 m) long, with a beam of 28 feet (8.53 m) and a depth of 14 feet 2 inches (4.32 m).[3]
Canterbury was built for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. She was used on their Dover - Calais route.[4] Her port of registry was London.[1] In 1926, Canterbury was sold to W E Guinness and was rednamed Arpha. She was converted to a yacht,[2] with a GRT of 602 and a NRT of 233.[3] Her port of registry was changed to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[2] On 6 June 1930, she ran aground in Moon Sound ( ).[5] She was refloated on 10 June.[6] In 1938, Guinness sold her to the Crete Shipping Co Ltd, London, who sold her to Sark Motorships Ltd later that year.[2] Her port of registry was changed to Guernsey.[3]
In 1939, Arpha was requisitioned by the Royal Navy. She was used as an armed boarding vessel in the Mediterranean and Red Sea as part of the Contraband Control Service.[2][7] For the duration of the war, Arpha was shown on Lloyd's Register as still in the ownership of Sark Motorships Ltd.[8] In 1946, Arpha was sold to W J Brown. She was operated under the management of Worms & Co Ltd. Later that year she was sold to the Shell Co of Venezuela Ltd London, operating under the management of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd.[2] She was renamed Coriano.[1] In 1947, she was sold to the Caribbean Petroleum Co, Venezuela. Coriano was sold in 1949 to the Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co, Maracaibo. She was used to carry passengers during the construction of a refinery.[2] In 1955, Coriano was sold to J M Perez Hernandez.[1] She was scrapped by North American Smelting Co, Bordentown, New Jersey, arriving for scrapping on 28 October 1955.[2]
type=real photographic (rp)
theme=transportation
sub-theme=sea
transportation type=ferries
number of items=single
period=1945 - present
postage condition=unposted
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 128323508 |
| Start Time | Mon 19 May 2014 20:19:29 (BST) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 1410 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
| Subject | Ferry |
