| 1923 |
June 14th - Launched. |
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September 13th - Delivered as Talma for the British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £285,500, and was the first British India Steam Navigation Company ship of 10,000 gross tons. |
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| 1924 |
February 12th - Arrived at Singapore from Kobe with fire in No.3 hold which took two days to put out. |
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| 1925 |
March 26th - Another fire in No.3 hold broke out while she was in Hong Kong heading eastbound. |
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| 1936 |
August 17th - Cable parted and driven ashore by a typhoon in Junk Bay, Hong Kong. Repairs took nearly a month. |
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| 1939 |
December - Requisitioned as a Personnel Ship |
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| 1941 |
Trooped Bombay/Basra. |
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| 1943 |
March - While under the command of Capt H.M. Macdonald, Talma was involved in a prisonor exchange between the British and Italian Governments in Mersin, Turkey. Talma was straddled by bombs from an Italian aircraft despite having safe conduct. |
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| 1947 |
October - Last British India Steam Navigation Company ship released from requisition, being put in the Calcutta/Australia route. |
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| 1949 |
April 12th - Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation for £32,000 to be broken up. Delivered in Bombay. |
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April 14th - Left Bombay under tow of tug Twyford. |
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May 29th - Arrived at Inverkeithing for demolition by T W Ward Ltd. |
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* For a list of the 56 known 2nd World War convoys that Talma was part of for the period of Capt Macdonald's command click HERE. |
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* For a list of the 98 known 2nd World War escorted or independent voyages as a transport but not part of the convoy system click HERE. |
