| 1911 |
March 14th - Launched. |
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June 1st - Registered as Egra for British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £104,344. She was the fourth ship of the E-class to be delivered with the other ships named Ellenga, Edavana, Elephanta, Ellora, Erinpura and Ekma. |
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June 12th - Returned to yard with bottom plates damaged. |
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August - Completed. |
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| 1914 |
September - Served as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport and was part of the large convoy which left Bombay for Marseilles. |
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Spent the remainder of the war in transport service. |
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| 1918 |
May 11th - Trooped from Karachi/Suez. |
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| 1922 |
Grounded off Amoy with minor damage. |
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| 1940 |
July - Taken up on trooping duties for the Second World War and served as a Personnel Ship. She was present at the Kyaukpyu landings. |
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| 1943 |
November 26th - Was sailing in consort with Rohna when the latter was sunk. |
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| 1946 |
October 27th - Grounded in the Hooghly. |
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November 7th - Finally refloated from her grounding in the Hooghly. |
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| 1950 |
February 1st - Sold for Rs 313,000 to the Steel Corporation of Bombay. By this time she had clocked up the longest continuous BI service of any ship in the fleet, a record which was soon lost by a small margin to the Barala. |
