SS Sarpedon (1923)

	Sarpedon in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool; Oil on canvas by JS Mann
History
United Kingdom
Name	Sarpedon
Namesake	Sarpedon
Owner	Ocean Steam Ship Co
Operator	Alfred Holt & Co
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Liverpool – Far East
Builder	Cammell, Laird & Co
Yard number	893
Launched	2 February 1923
Completed	June 1923
Identification	UK official number 147214; Code letters KPBV (until 1933); ; Call sign GDRC (1934 onward); ;
Fate	Scrapped after 5 June 1953
General characteristics
Type	Refrigerated cargo and passenger liner
Tonnage	11,321 GRT; 6,921 NRT;
Length	499.0 ft (152.1 m)
Beam	62.3 ft (19.0 m)
Depth	34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Propulsion	4 × steam turbines; twin screws
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h)
Capacity	155 first class passengers
Notes	sister ships:; Patroclus, Hector and Antenor;

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.

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