Difference between revisions of "SS Madras City"
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| image = [[File:SS_Madras_City.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Madras_City.jpg]] | ||
| caption = photograph by Walter E. Frost | | caption = photograph by Walter E. Frost | ||
− | | image2 = [[File:.jpg]] | + | | image2 = [[File:SS_Madras_City_1.jpg]] |
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| shipname = SS Madras City | | shipname = SS Madras City | ||
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| shipyardnumber = | | shipyardnumber = | ||
| shiplaunched = | | shiplaunched = | ||
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 1940 |
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1940 |
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1971 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = broken up |
− | | shiptype = | + | | shiptype = cargo |
− | | shiptonnage = | + | | shiptonnage = 5,092 tons |
− | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 126.7m |
− | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 17.3m |
| shipdepth = | | shipdepth = | ||
| shippropulsion = | | shippropulsion = | ||
− | | shipspeed = | + | | shipspeed = 10.5 knots (19.45 km/h) |
| shipcapacity = | | shipcapacity = | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
+ | Was a component of Convoy BM.13 from Bombay to Colombo where it spent some time before it joined Convoy SU.1 from Colombo (25 Feb 1942 ) to Fremantle. From Fremantle it sailed independently to Adelaide disembarking troops there on 23 Mar 1942. ''Madras City'' spent time in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean participating in a large number of convoys during the war before being Laid up at Cardiff docks in February 1958 | ||
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+ | Sold to Pakistan (now Bangladesh) owners - Chittagong SS Corp Ltd, Chittagong in 1958, and renamed ''Chittagong City''. Broken up for scrap at Somiani Beach in April 1971 by Bakshi & Co. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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===Bombay to Adelaide 9 February to 23 March 1942=== | ===Bombay to Adelaide 9 February to 23 March 1942=== | ||
− | *[[Eric Anderson]] | + | Was a component of Convoy BM.13 from Bombay to Colombo where it spent some time before it joined Convoy SU.1 from Colombo (25 Feb 1942 ) to Fremantle. From Fremantle it sailed independently to Adelaide. |
− | *[[Clarence Malarkey]] | + | * [[Eric Anderson]] |
− | *[[Francis Malarkey]] | + | * [[Clarence Malarkey]] |
+ | * [[Francis Malarkey]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 00:43, 8 December 2021
Remarks
Was a component of Convoy BM.13 from Bombay to Colombo where it spent some time before it joined Convoy SU.1 from Colombo (25 Feb 1942 ) to Fremantle. From Fremantle it sailed independently to Adelaide disembarking troops there on 23 Mar 1942. Madras City spent time in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean participating in a large number of convoys during the war before being Laid up at Cardiff docks in February 1958
Sold to Pakistan (now Bangladesh) owners - Chittagong SS Corp Ltd, Chittagong in 1958, and renamed Chittagong City. Broken up for scrap at Somiani Beach in April 1971 by Bakshi & Co.
Soldiers carried
Bombay to Adelaide 9 February to 23 March 1942
Was a component of Convoy BM.13 from Bombay to Colombo where it spent some time before it joined Convoy SU.1 from Colombo (25 Feb 1942 ) to Fremantle. From Fremantle it sailed independently to Adelaide.