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Name: MORVADA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/07/1914
Completed: 09/1914
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 943
Dimensions: 8193grt, 5104nrt, 450.0 x 58.3 x 32.7ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (21, 35.5 & 61 x 45ins), 894nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136319
History:
14/09/1914 British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
07/10/1933 Broken up
Comments: Built for the London to Calcutta service. Cost £142,112
Accommodation for 66 x 1st Class & 63 x 2nd Class passengers
07/10/1933: Arrived at Zeebrugge for breaking up
10/1933: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres. Cost £8,700


Above photo courtesy of Richard Turnwald

Shields Daily News, Friday, 24/07/1914