HMS Arpha

History
Name	SS Canterbury (1900–26); SY Arpha (1926–38); SS Arpha (1938–39); HMS Arpha (1939–46); SS Coriano (1946–55);
Owner	South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1901–22); Southern Railway (1923–26); W E Guinness (1926–38); Crete Shipping Co Ltd (1938); Sark Motorships Ltd (1938–39); Royal Navy (1939–46); W J Brown (1946); Shell Company of Venezuela (1946–47); Caribbean Petroleum Co (1947–49); Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co (1949–51); J M Perez Hernandez (1951–55);
Operator	South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1901–22); Southern Railway (1923–26); W E Guinness (1926–38); Crete Shipping Co Ltd (1938); Sark Motorships Ltd (1938–39); Royal Navy (1939–46); Worms & Co (1946); Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd (1946–47); Caribbean Petroleum Co (1947–49); Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co (1949–51); J M Perez Hernandez (1951–55);
Port of registry	London (1901–26); Cowes (1926–38); Guernsey (1938–39); Guernsey (1939–46); London (1946–47); Maracaibo (1947–55);
Route	Dover–Calais (1901–26)
Builder	W Denny, Dumbarton
Yard number	640
Launched	6 December 1900
Completed	January 1901
Out of service	October 1955
Identification	UK official number 112803 (1900–39); code letters SDVR (1900–34); ; call sign MFCF (1937–46); ;
Fate	Scrapped 1955
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ferry (1901–26); Steam yacht (1926–38); Passenger ferry (1938–39); Armed boarding vessel (1939–46); Passenger ferry (1946–55);
Tonnage	561 GRT (1901–26), 602 (1926–55); 225 NRT (1901–26), 233 (1926–55);
Length	195.4 ft (59.6 m)
Beam	28.0 ft (8.5 m)
Depth	14.2 ft (4.3 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	2 × triple expansion steam engines
Propulsion	Twin screws
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)

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.

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