Name: | SIRDHANA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/10/1925 |
Completed: | 11/12/1925 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1200 |
Dimensions: | 7745grt, 4835nrt, 436.1 x 57.8 x 33.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20.5, 35.5 & 60 x 45ins), 801nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148712 |
History: | |
01/12/1925 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
13/11/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | Built for the India to Far East services |
Accommodation for 30 x 1st, 32 x 2nd & 2914 x Deck Class passengers | |
13/11/1939: Entered a British minefield by accident in Singapore Roads | |
On a voyage from Rangoon to Hong Kong carrying Chinese deportees | |
Sank with the loss of 20 lives | |
1947: Wreck moved out of the fairway | |
1950 to 1954: Greater part of the wreck broken up |
Above photo is copyright of Allan Green