Name: | AMRA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/04/1938 |
Completed: | 11/1938 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1570 |
Dimensions: | 8314grt, 3993nrt, 444.6 x 61.2 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, 2 x (HP, IP & LP) , 2155nhp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
Reg Number: | 166600 |
History: | |
24/10/1938 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
02/12/1965 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the Calcutta to Rangoon passenger service |
Accommodation for 73 x 1st and 62 x 2nd Class plus 2327 x deck passengers | |
1940: Requisitioned as a troopship & then converted to hospital ship No 41 | |
1946: Returned to owners & used on the Bombay to Durban service | |
02/12/1965: Arrived at Keelung for breaking up by Chou's Iron & Steel Co |
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan