SS Sarpedon was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1923. She was the fourth of six ships to bear the name.[1]
Building
Cammell, Laird & Co built Sarpedon in Birkenhead, England.[2] She was launched on 2 February 1923 and completing her that June.[3]
Sarpedon was the first of a set of four sister ships built for Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool, who owned Blue Funnel Line and other shipping lines including the Ocean Steam Ship Company. Her sisters were SS Patroclus (1923) launched in 1923, and