HMHS Nevasa

HMHS Nevasa
History
Name	HMHS Nevasa
Builder	Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Yard number	498
Launched	26 Dec 1912
Completed	Mar 1913
In service	Maiden voyage London/Calcutta March 1913.
Out of service	1948
Fate	Broken Up 25 Mar 1948
General characteristics
Type	Passenger / cargo
Tonnage	9,071 tons
Length	480.4 ft (146.43m)
Beam	58.1 ft (17.71m)
Depth	30.8 ft (9.39m)
Propulsion	twin screw
Speed	14 knots (25.93 km/h)
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Remarks

Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for use on the UK - India route via Cape Town. She was taken over in Aug 1914 and used as a troopship until January 1915 when she was fitted out as a 660 bed Hospital Ship. In 1918 her role changed to be a troopship again for US troops moving to Europe, and then repatriating troops to their home countries.

She was used by the British between the wars as a troopship, and continued in that role from 1925 right through WW2 until 1948 when she was scrapped.

Soldiers carried

World War I

England to Fremantle 5 March - 13 April 1919

World War II

During WWII the SS Nevasa operated as a troopship.

Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940

Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded her on 20 Apr 1940. Nevasa left the wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads, before sailing at 3:00pm on 22 Apr 1940. She arrived in Colombo on 3 May 1940. While she subsequently arrived in Kantarra on 17 May, she did not disembark troops until the 19 May 1940.

Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941

HMHS Nevasa

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