Name: | SURADA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/05/1920 |
Completed: | 07/1920 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 524 |
Dimensions: | 5427grt, 3382nrt, 400.1 x 52.4 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144213 |
History: | |
07/1920 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
26/01/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/01/1944: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U188 in 13.00N – 55.15E |
on a voyage from Calcutta to Suez with a cargo of general stores |
Above photo courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart