LPL = Large old Liner
In 1925 Blue Star ordered a set of new liners for its new
London –
Rio de Janeiro –
Buenos Aires route.
Cammell Laird of
Birkenhead built three
sister ships:
Almeda,
Andalucia and
Arandora.
John Brown & Company of
Clydebank built two:
Avelona and
Avila. Together the quintet came to be called the "luxury five".
[1]
Cammell Laird launched
Arandora on 4 January 1927 and completed her in May.
[2] As originally built she measured 12,847
gross register tons (GRT), was 512.2 feet (156.1 m) long, had a beam of 68.3 feet (20.8 m) and accommodated 164 first class passengers. She had a service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). A major refit in 1929 reduced her cargo space and increased her passenger accommodation to turn her into a
cruise ship.
Notes: All five ship under go refiiting around 1935 with length and tonnage increased extra mast and kingpost removed and they come out with different top structure arrangement as well as hull shapes.All five ships were lost due to German U-Boat.
This model seems after Arandora Star after refitting was done however the dimension is not long enough and a bit too fat but still within tolerable range.