Difference between revisions of "HMT D17 Malta"
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Remarks
Laid down and launched as SS Italy she was renamed SS Malta and operated on the UK/Calcutta and later the Calcutta/Japan services.
Requisitioned for service as a troopship in 1917, she also made at least one repatriation journey to Australia. P & O sold her for scrap in 1922 and she arrived at La Spezia in north west Italy for breaking up by Luigi Ghio.