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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| CHAKLA |
137781 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1914 |
17/11/1914 |
17/12/1914 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
Linthouse |
462 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 3081 grt / 1727nrt / 3570 dwt |
330.5 ft |
46.2 ft |
22.3 ft |
21.9 ft |
| Engine builder |
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
| Engine detail |
| T3yl (24, 41 & 70 - 48)in 215lb 653nhp 3800ihp 14kn, 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
Glasgow |
15/12/1914 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
For Calcutta-Chittagong-Rangoon service
5/1917 came under Liner Requisition Scheme
1919 served as RN Convoy Rescue ship
Later on Bombay-Karachi and Colombo-Tuticorin services
31/8/1939 on RN service as Armed Boarding Vessel
2H/1940 converted to Auxiliary Anti-aircraft Ship at Alexandria, with high-angle guns |
| Remarks |
| Passengers, 12 x 1st, 23 x 2nd, 1297 deck |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1941 |
Bombed 29/04/1941 |
| Disposal Detail |
Bombed and sunk by Italian aircraft at Tobruk, remaining upright with superstructure above water.
10/1950 refloated and towed to Savona for demolition |
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Under attack at Tobruk 29 Apr 1941
Image courtesy of : Australian War Memorial
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