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HMT D17 Malta

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HMT D17 Malta
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History
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.

Soldiers carried

England to Australia 31 Jul 1918 - 20 Sep 1918