| Name: | SANTHIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/11/1924 |
| Completed: | 18/02/1925 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1190 |
| Dimensions: | 7754grt, 4841nrt, 436.1 x 57.8 x 33.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20.75, 35.5 & 60 x 45ins), 801nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 148549 |
| History: | |
| 10/02/1925 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 04/11/1945 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 24 x 1st & 24 x 2nd Class plus 2842 x deck passengers |
| Employed on the India to Far East services | |
| 09/1939: Requisitioned as a personnel ship then a troopship | |
| 06/11/1943: Caught fire at Garden Reach, Calcutta | |
| 25/11/1943: Capsized at the jetty. Sabotage was suspected | |
| 04/11/1945: Refloated & towed away for breaking up at Calcutta |
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Shields Daily News, Friday, 28/11/1924