HMT Takada
From Our Contribution
 courtesy Victorian State Library | |
 Homeward bound c1918 - AWM H01715 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT Takada |
| Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 457 |
| Launched | 27 Dec 1913 |
| Completed | March 1914 |
| In service | 1914 |
| Out of service | 1938 |
| Fate | scrapped 29 Aug 1938 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,949 tons |
| Length | 430 ft (131.06m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (17.68m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 kmph) |
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Remarks
Owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company of Glasgow. Used on the trade routes to the far east from Britain in the late 1920's and 1930's.
The Takada was requisitioned and converted to act as a hospital ship during the war (10 Aug 1915 - 29 Apr 1919). She also made at least two trips to Australia as HMAT Takada, returning convalescent men soon after the war ended. Scrapped in Belgium in late 1938.