| Name: | HIMALAIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/12/1909 |
| Completed: | 01/1910 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 167 |
| Dimensions: | 4948grt, 3119nrt, 390.0 x 52.5 x 27.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 72 x 48ins), 415nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 01/1910 | Himalaia Steamship Co (D Tripcovich, manager), Trieste, Austro-Hungary |
| 1917 | Kerr Navigation Co, New York; renamed KERMANSHAH |
| 1918 | United States Navy; commissioned as USS KERMANSHAH |
| 1919 | Kerr Navigation Co, New York; renamed KERMANSHAH |
| 1921 | American Ship & Commerce Navigation Co, New York |
| 1922 | Oceana Sea Navigation Co Ltd, Budapest, Hungary; renamed OCEANA |
| 1927 | PN & GN Lykiardopulo, Argostoli, Greece; renamed NYMPHE |
| 1928 | DJ Pateras & Sons, Chios, Greece; renamed KALLIOPI |
| 07/02/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1917: Siezed in New York by the US Government when it entered WW1 |
| 1918: Armed with a 4ins gun | |
| 07/02/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U402, 950 miles SW of Iceland | |
| On a voyage from Saint John NB to London with a cargo of steel & lumber |
Photo as KERMANSHAH courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center
Photo as KALLIOPI courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
Photo as KALLIOPI courtesy of Volos Council Archive, K Zimeros collection
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 15/12/1909