1911 |
January 17th - Launched. |
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March 26th - Delivered as Ellenga for British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £101,300. She was the first ship of the E-class to be delivered with the other ships named Edavana, Elephanta, Egra, Ellora, Erinpura
and Ekma. |
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1914 |
August - Taken up as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport running between India and France. |
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1917 |
October - Operated as Transport B8016 in the Mediterranean. |
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1918 |
Served for two months under the French Government’s service. |
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1919 |
Returned to her regular service with BI in the Bay of Bengal. |
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1942 |
Served as a Personnel Ship where she made no fewer than three trips out of Rangoon during the evacuation of Burma the last of which left Rangoon 24 hours before its fall to the Japanese. |
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1945 |
January - Present during the landings of Kyaukpyu for the re-occupation of the western part of Burma. |
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1947 |
February - Released from war service. |
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July 25th- Sold for Rs 185,000 to Hassanally Shipbreakers of Bombay. |
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December 29th Left Calcutta in two pices for breaking up. |
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1948 |
January 26th - Beached for breaking up. |