| Name: | TORILLA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/05/1911 |
| Completed: | 07/1911 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 810 |
| Dimensions: | 5205grt, 3189nrt, 400.4 x 53.2 x 24.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 45 & 76 x 51ins), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 129589 |
| History: | |
| 28/07/1911 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 30/10/1927 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Delivered cost £83,200 |
| Acommodation for 60 x 1st class, 32 x 2nd class & 2,234 x deck passengers | |
| Designed for the India/Australia service & the carriage of horses & mules | |
| During WW1 carried troops from Bombay to Marseilles | |
| Post WW1 transferred to the Calcutta to Far East service | |
| 30/10/1927: Sold for breaking up at Osaka. Cost £13,700 |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 29/05/1911