Name: | MORVADA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/07/1914 |
Completed: | 09/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 943 |
Dimensions: | 8193grt, 5104nrt, 450.0 x 58.3 x 32.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (21, 35.5 & 61 x 45ins), 894nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136319 |
History: | |
14/09/1914 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
07/10/1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the London to Calcutta service. Cost £142,112 |
Accommodation for 66 x 1st Class & 63 x 2nd Class passengers | |
07/10/1933: Arrived at Zeebrugge for breaking up | |
10/1933: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres. Cost £8,700 |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Shields Daily News, Friday, 24/07/1914