| 1920 |
December 10th - Launched. |
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| 1921 |
September 20th - Completed as Nirpura for British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. |
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| 1924 |
June 24th - While she was on a Nourse Line voyage from Calcutta to the West Indies she ran aground in the harbour of Nuevitas, Cuba. Some of the cargo was discharged into lighters and she was refloated the following day with tug assistance and without apparent damage. |
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| 1940 |
May - Requisitioned for the Liner Division. |
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| 1941 |
May - Became a transport for mules and horses. |
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| 1943 |
March 3rd - She was torpedoed by U160 while in convoy DN 21 off Port St John’s, South Africa when she was bound Durban to Karachi (32°47’S-29°47’E). She was carrying 737 horses, mules and donkeys. The ship was virtually cut in two by the explosion and sank rapidly with the loss of 40 lives out of the 86 crew and 39 troops on board. The survivors were picked up from the boatsand rafts and landed at Durban. |
