HMT D17 Malta
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Malta |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental 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 | 33.0 feet (10.06 m) |
| Propulsion | single steel screw |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.85 km/h) |
| Capacity | 78 x 1st class; 62 x 2nd class, crew of 149 |
Remarks
Laid down and launched as SS Italy she was renamed SS Malta and operated on the UK/Calcutta and later the Calcutta/Japan services.
Requisitioned for service as a troopship in 1917, she also made at least one repatriation journey to Australia. P & O sold her for scrap in 1922 and she arrived at La Spezia in north west Italy for breaking up by Luigi Ghio.