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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