| Name: | ROHNA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/08/1926 |
| Completed: | 11/1926 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 542 |
| Dimensions: | 8602grt, 4759nrt, 461.4 x 61.8 x 29.9ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (22.5, 37.5, 46 & 46 x 45ins), 934nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149745 |
| History: | |
| 30/10/1926 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 26/11/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 28 x 1st, 33 x 2nd, 92 x 3rd & up to 5064 deck passengers |
| Built for the Madras to Singapore service | |
| 09/1939: Requisitioned as a Personnel Ship | |
| 1943: Participated in the Sicilian landings | |
| 26/11/1943: Sank after being struck by a Fritz-X guided bomb from a | |
| German aircraft, 120 miles east of Algiers & 20 miles off the Algerian coast | |
| On a voyage from Oran to India with United States troops. 1138 troops & crew died |
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Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley