Official number: 166600
Passenger/cargo ship
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
Port of registry: London
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend (Hull 1570)
Gross tons: 8,314
Deadweight: 6,326
Length overall: 140.51 m
Max. draft.: 7.554 m
Engines : 6 x steam turbines geared to 2 shafts, 8,800 i.h.p., by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd.
Service speed: 16.5 knots
Passengers (at time of photo): 222 Saloon, 737 3rd Class
Completed November 1938; originally 2,636 passengers including 2,327 deck
Served as Hospital Ship No.41 during World War 2
1955: passenger accommodation reduced to 959
1965 December: sold for scrapping at Keelung, Taiwan
photo: arriving at Mombasa, Kenya, September 1964