| Official Number |
Date |
Builder |
Tonnage |
L |
B |
D |
Fate |
| 124171 |
1907 |
Workman, Clark & Co Ltd |
6249 |
430.2 |
54.0 |
34.8 |
Broken up in Italy 1939 |
| Capt Colin McDonald - Master 1922 & 1924 (Australian coast) |
Delivered as Chyebassa for the British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £76,300. She was the last of the new C-class ships to be delivered with her sisters being Canara, Colaba, Chanda, Chupra and Culna
| 1907 |
Delivered on March 28th. |
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| 1914 |
7th of August - Taken up as an Expeditionary Force transport. Her crew had to be replaced in London after the Indian crew refused further duty. |
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November - Transported 1/5 London Rgt (London Rifle Brigade) from Southampton to Havre. |
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| 1916 |
March - Released from transport duty. |
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| 1917 |
Came under the Liner Requisition Scheme. |
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December 8th - Torpedoed by UC25 when she was 32km (20 miles) south of Malta while leading the second column of a four-column convoy. She then collided with the City of Marseilles. The boats carried away most of the crew until it was apparent that Chyebassa was not going to sink. She was reboarded and brought slowly into Marsa Scirocco and beached for repairs. |
| 1918 |
March 13th - Struck and sank the mine-sweeping trawler Adrian in fog off Orfordness. |
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| 1938 |
November 26th - Sold for £11,500 to Italian shipbreakers at Antwerp. |
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| 1939 |
Broken up in Italy. |
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