P&O fact
sheet |
*
indicates entries changed during P&O group service |
Type |
Passenger/cargo
liner |
P&O Group service |
1914-1948 |
P&O
Group status |
Owned
by subsidiary company |
Registered owners |
British
India Steam Navigation Company Ltd |
Builders |
Workman
Clark & Co Ltd |
Yard |
Belfast |
Country |
UK |
Yard number |
308 |
Official
number |
132999 |
Signal
letters |
HVSB |
Classification
society |
Lloyd's
Register |
Gross
tonnage |
5,108 grt |
Net
tonnage |
2,356 nrt |
Deadweight |
4,286 tons |
Length |
124.92m
(410.0ft) |
Breadth |
15.93m
(52.3ft) |
Depth |
8.32m
(27.3ft) |
Draught |
7.100m
(23.3ft) |
Engines |
2
triple expansion steam engines |
Engine
builders |
Workman
Clark & Co Ltd |
Works |
Belfast |
Power |
7,000 ihp |
Propulsion |
Twin screw |
Speed |
16.5 knots |
Passenger
capacity* |
51
first class, 39 second class, 2,257 deck passengers |
Cargo capacity |
5,356
cubic metres (189,174 cubic feet) |
Employment* |
Calcutta/Rangoon/Straits
service |
21.10.1911 |
Launched. |
14.12.1911 |
Ran
trials and delivered as Ekma for British India Steam Navigation Company
at a cost of £100,900. She was the last ship of the E-class to
be delivered with the other ships named Ellenga, Edavana, Elephanta,
Egra, Ellora and Erinpura. |
24.06.1914 |
Takeover
of British India Steam Navigation Company by the |
|
Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed. |
14.08.1914 |
Taken
up as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. |
9.1914 |
Served
as a member of the convoy from Karachi. |
16.01.1915 |
Damaged
in a collision in Bombay. |
12.1919 |
Released
from Government service. |
22.01.1920 |
Grounded
at Nurpur Flat whilst sailing from Rangoon to Calcutta. |
06.06.1921 |
Involved
in a collision with British India Steam Navigation Company's Angora,
escaping with little damage. |
10.1926 |
Mooring
cable parted whilst in Rangoon Harbour sending her out into the
river with no steam for her engines, steering gear nor whistle. She
hit the wharf just enough to change her course and avoid collision
with her sister Ellenga and send her out into the river again, where
her last anchor brought her to a stop despite the rapid current. |
3.194 |
Requisitioned
for the Liner Division service. |
7.1942 |
Returned
troops to Australia. |
1943 |
Allotted
to the second Malayan Campaign. |
12.1946 |
Returned
to commercial service. |
01.05.1948 |
Sold
for Rs 240,000 to Hassanally Shipbreakers of Bombay. |
1948 |
Broken
up at Bombay by Esmailji Abdulhussein & Co. |
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of P&O Heritage
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