Passenger/cargo ship “Sirdhana” in the Shatt al Arab River off Khorramshahr, Iran, 1971
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
Flag: British
Port of registry: London
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle (Yard No. 1826)
Gross tons: 8,608
Deadweight: 8,827
Length overall: 146.09 m
Max. draft: 8.046m
Engines: 2 x 4-cylinder Doxford diesels, 5,900 b.h.p., by builders
Service speed:14 knots
Passengers: 21 x 1st class, 32 x 2nd class, 30 intermediate class, 333 bunked & 987 deck
Completed December 1947 (original passenger capacity 21 x 1st class, 70 x 2nd class, 2,355 deck)
Passenger accommodation modified 1955
Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division October 1971
Sold for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 1972