Difference between revisions of "SS Tanda"
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| image = [[File:SS_Tanda.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Tanda.jpg]] | ||
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| shipname = SS Tanda | | shipname = SS Tanda | ||
| shipowner = Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London | | shipowner = Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London | ||
− | | shipbuilder =Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow | + | | shipbuilder = Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow |
| shipyardnumber = 458 | | shipyardnumber = 458 | ||
| shiplaunched = 26 Mar 1913 | | shiplaunched = 26 Mar 1913 | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Completed in May 1914 as ''SS Tanda'' for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. 02/10/1914 chartered by the Madras War Fund as a Hospital Ship for Indian troops and renamed ''HMHS MADRAS''. On 9 Aug 1918 she was converted into an Ambulance Transport and sailed to Vladivostock. In 1919 used as an Expeditionary Force Transport, before on 4 Nov 1919 she was returned o her owners and reverted back to ''SS TANDA''. In 1924 she was transferred to Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London. | + | Completed in May 1914 as ''SS Tanda'' for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. 02/10/1914 chartered by the Madras War Fund as a Hospital Ship for Indian troops and renamed ''HMHS MADRAS''. On 9 Aug 1918 she was converted into an Ambulance Transport and sailed to Vladivostock. In 1919 used as an Expeditionary Force Transport, before on 4 Nov 1919 she was returned o her owners and reverted back to ''SS TANDA''. In 1924 she was transferred to Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London, who employed her on the Australia - East Asia & Asia service. Skillfully rode out the 2nd September 1937 Typhoon that struck Hong Kong via South China sea, owing to the experience of her Captain. |
− | At 22.13 hours on 15 July 1944 the unescorted ''SS Tanda'' was hit by two torpedoes from U-181 and sank about 52 miles northwest of Mangalore (Mangaluru, India) in the Arabian Sea. 18 crew members and one passenger were lost including the Radio Officer, Robert Claud Vivian Humphrey, who sent the distress call that saved the lives of the master, 158 crew members, twelve gunners and 26 passengers who were picked up and landed at Colombo on 18 July. | + | At 22.13 hours on 15 July 1944 while on a journey from Melbourne via Colombo to Bombay (Mumbai), the unescorted ''SS Tanda'' was hit by two torpedoes from U-181 and sank about 52 miles northwest of Mangalore (Mangaluru, India) in the Arabian Sea. 18 crew members and one passenger were lost including the Radio Officer, Robert Claud Vivian Humphrey, who sent the distress call that saved the lives of the master, 158 crew members, twelve gunners and 26 passengers who were picked up and landed at Colombo on 18 July. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Revision as of 00:07, 26 April 2022
Remarks
Completed in May 1914 as SS Tanda for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. 02/10/1914 chartered by the Madras War Fund as a Hospital Ship for Indian troops and renamed HMHS MADRAS. On 9 Aug 1918 she was converted into an Ambulance Transport and sailed to Vladivostock. In 1919 used as an Expeditionary Force Transport, before on 4 Nov 1919 she was returned o her owners and reverted back to SS TANDA. In 1924 she was transferred to Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London, who employed her on the Australia - East Asia & Asia service. Skillfully rode out the 2nd September 1937 Typhoon that struck Hong Kong via South China sea, owing to the experience of her Captain.
At 22.13 hours on 15 July 1944 while on a journey from Melbourne via Colombo to Bombay (Mumbai), the unescorted SS Tanda was hit by two torpedoes from U-181 and sank about 52 miles northwest of Mangalore (Mangaluru, India) in the Arabian Sea. 18 crew members and one passenger were lost including the Radio Officer, Robert Claud Vivian Humphrey, who sent the distress call that saved the lives of the master, 158 crew members, twelve gunners and 26 passengers who were picked up and landed at Colombo on 18 July.