Passenger/cargo ship “Nancowry” at Dammam, Saudi Arabia January 1978
Owner: Shipping Corporation of India, Bombay
Flag: India
Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Linthouse, Glasgow (Hull-616)
Gross tons: 10,294
Deadweight: 9,120
Length overall: 154.53 m
Max. draft: 8.321 m
Engines: 2 sets of 3-stage Parsons steam turbines, 9,400 s.h.p., by builder
Service speed: 16 knots
Completed October 1948 as “Karanja” for British India S.N. Co. Ltd., London; originally 2,523 passengers (including 2,208 deck.
1968-60: underwent refit at Keppel Shipyard, Singapore; passenger capacity now 808.
October 1971: management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division
1973: Ownership transferred to Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
May 1975: ownership reverted to B.I.S.N. Co. (now only a “paper company”; presumably for tax purposes)
August 1976: sold to S.C.I.
December 1988: sold for scrapping at Bombay