SS Indarra
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Indara |
| Owner | Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.Ltd., Fremantle |
| Builder | William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 966 |
| Launched | 1 Jul 1912 |
| Completed | 6 Nov 1912 |
| In service | 1912 |
| Out of service | 1042 |
| Fate | sunk, refloated and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 9,735 tons |
| Length | 451.0 ft (137.47m) |
| Beam | 60.1 ft (18.32m) |
| Depth | 37.4 ft (11.40m) Draft 27' 9 (8.46m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 16 5 knots (30.56 km/h) |
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Remarks
Owned by the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co, Fremantle. Requisitioned in Oct 1917 and converted to a troopship in Sydney. Carried troops to the Middle East and was a part of a convoy of liners carrying troops from Alexandria to Marseilles. After the Armistice she was used to repatriate British soldiers from India, and Australian troops from the UK to Australia.
Returned to the control of its owners on 24 Sep 1918 she was sold in 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge, London and renamed Pays De Waes. Repossessed during 1923 by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company and sold to Osaka Shosen Kaisha of Japan and renamed Horai Maru. Sunk 1 Mar 1942 on the last day of the battle of Sunda Strait while acting as a Japanese troopship. Japanese cruiser Mogami fired a spread of Long Lance torpedoes with the American cruiser USS Houston as their intended target. The torpedoes missed the Houston and instead sank the minesweeper W-2 and Horai Maru, while also hitting the Ryuho Maru, Tatsuno Maru and Sakura Maru, with the latter three ending up beached. The shot has been described as the best shot of torpedoes ever recorded, hitting five friendly ships at the same time.SS Indarra was raised and towed to Japan during 1947 and broken up.