SS Karoa
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Karoa |
| Builder/Built | 1915 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Type | passenger / cargo ship twin screw |
| Displacement | 7,009 tons |
| Speed | 15.5 knots |
Remarks
Built for the British India Shipping Company, and capable of carrying 44 1st class passengers, 64 second class, and 1,471 deck passengers in civilian use.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a troop ship in March 1915. Returned to its owners in 1919 before again being requisitioned in Sep 1940 for use as a Personnel and Military Store ship. In March 1944 it was converted into a hospital ship and it was in this role that in 1945 the Karoa carried a load of Australian POWs home from Singapore.
Returned to her owners again in October 1946, before being broken up in Bombay during 1950.