| Name: | VARELA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/03/1914 |
| Completed: | 28/05/1914 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 930 |
| Dimensions: | 4645grt, 1932nrt, 390.1 x 53.3 x 24.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20.5, 35 & 60 x 45ins), 987nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 136296 |
| History: | |
| 26/05/1914 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 26/04/1951 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 32 x 1st class, 24 x 2nd class & 1292 x deck passengers |
| Built for the Bombay to Persian Gulf service. Cost £119,200 | |
| 02/08/1914: Requisitioned as a supply and despatch vessel | |
| 10/1915: Converted into an Indian Expeditionary Force hospital ship with 450 x beds | |
| 10/1920: Returned to owners | |
| Sold to BISCO for £45,000 & allocated to TW Ward Ltd | |
| 22/03/1951: Arrived at Briton Ferry for breaking up | |
| 26/04/1951: Breaking up commenced by TW Ward Ltd |
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