HMT D17 Malta
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Malta |
| Owner | Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 285 |
| Launched | 14 May 1895 |
| Completed | 22 Jun 1895 |
| In service | 1895 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,064 tons |
| Length | 430 feet (131.06 m) |
| Beam | 50.3 feet (15.33 m) |
| Depth | 29.9 feet (9.11 m) |
| Propulsion | single steel screw |
| Speed | 18 knots |
Remarks
Requisitioned for service as a troopship in 1917. P & O sold her for scrap in 1922 and she arrived at La Spezia in north west Italy for breaking up by Luigi Ghio.