Name: | JALJAWAHAR |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/09/1947 |
Completed: | 09/1948 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1757 |
Dimensions: | 8784grt, 4282nrt, 7924dwt, 456.4 x 61.7 x 28.3ft |
Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (24, 42, 47 & 47 x 39ins), 1210nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.5knots |
Reg Number: | 174194 |
History: | |
04/12/1948 | Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Bombay |
1954 | Eastern Shipping Corporation Ltd (Scindia SN Co Ltd), Bombay |
1954 | Renamed STATE OF MADRAS |
1961 | Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Bombay |
09/1973 | Broken up |
Comments: | Used on the India to UK freight & passenger service |
Accommodation for 56 x 1st, 44 x 2nd & 1050 x unberthed passengers | |
1954: Moved to the Madras to Singapore service | |
09/1973: Broken up by Marine Metal Corp Ltd at Darukhana, Bombay |
Above photo as JALJAWAHAR is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as STATE OF MADRAS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as STATE OF MADRAS is courtesy of Photoship