HMAT A51 Chilka
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A51 Chilka |
| Builder/Built | 1910 Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow |
| Type | passenger / cargo ship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 3,952 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Remarks
The smallest of the vessels chartered by the Commonwealth she was owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and leased until 4 Aug 1915. In 1917 while back under private control the Chilka caught fire near Gopalpur, was beached and abandoned. 70 lives were lost.
Soldiers carried
==Fremantle to Port Suez 19 June - ? July 1915 James Owen Horrocks