Difference between revisions of "SS City of Karachi"
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| − | + | The outbreak of the 1914-1918 World War saw the government requisition a large number of the Ellerman fleet for use as troop carriers, munitions carriers, or for conversion into war ships. The Ellerman group of companies continued to operate a skeletal service with the ships it had left. | |
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| Name | SS City of Karachi |
| Owner | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co, London |
| Launched | 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,766 tons |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.56 km/h) |
Remarks
The outbreak of the 1914-1918 World War saw the government requisition a large number of the Ellerman fleet for use as troop carriers, munitions carriers, or for conversion into war ships. The Ellerman group of companies continued to operate a skeletal service with the ships it had left.
Renamed SS Karachi Maru in 1933 for voyage to shipbreakers in Japan.
[[File:City_of_Karachi_1.jpg|31 May 1933}