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Name: RAMDAS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/01/1936
Completed: 02/1936
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1494
Dimensions: 406grt, 158nrt, 170.8 x 29.1 x 10.5ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (10.5, 17 & 28 x 21ins), 172nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Reg Number: 140727
History:
02/1936 The Indian Co-operative Navigation & Trading Co Ltd, Bombay
17/07/1947 Sank
Comments: Built for the passenger trade between Bombay and Goa
09/1939: Requisitioned by the Royal Indian Navy as an auxillary patrol vessel
Also later used for anti-submarine training
1946: Returned to owners
17/07/1947: Capsized & sank in heavy weather 30 mins after leaving Bombay
On a voyage from Bombay to Rewas with 713 passengers. 669 passengers & crew died


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship