Completed as Arabistan for the Anglo-Algerian Steamship Co (1896) Ltd, a company managed by Frank C Strick & Co at a cost of £80,000.
| 1912 |
19.03.1912 - Launched |
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| 1913 |
1.03.1913 - Ship acquired by British India Steam Navigation Company and renamed Chindwara. |
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Travelling from Bombay to Calcutta at the time of the Emden scare. She was diverted to Madras when the German cruiser arrived to shell the port but the Chindwara escaped unharmed. |
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| 1915 |
12.1915 - Served as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. |
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| 1917 |
06.1917 - Came under the Liner Requisition Scheme. |
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| 1918 |
02.10.1918 - While in the mid-Atlantic a torpedo was sighted heading for the ship and just cleared the stern after the helm had been put hard over. Full sped was made by U55 dogged the prey of which she had been cheated and at daybreak opened fire with her gun. The Chindwara again put on full speed and replied with her stern gun, forcing the submarine to submerge and no more was seen of her. |
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| 1922 |
20.08.1922 - Collided in the River Weser with the steamer Manordilo, the latter being sunk and with Chindwara suffering no more than a crumpled bow. |
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| 1934 |
11.01.1934 - Sold for £7,250 to Okada Seiichi of Osaka and broken up. |
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