SS Tanda
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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.
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 in the Arabian Sea. 18 crew members and one passenger were lost. The master, 158 crew members, twelve gunners and 26 passengers were picked up and landed at Colombo on 18 July.