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| shipowner = British India Steam Navigation Co.
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| shipbuilder = Workman, Clark & Co Ltd of Belfast
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| shipyardnumber = 307
 
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| shiplaunched = 14 Mar 1911
| header1  = History
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| shipcompleted = August 1911
 
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| shipinservice = 1911
| label2  = Name
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| shipoutofservice = 1950
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| shipID = HSTB
|   data3  = Workman, Clark & Co Ltd of Belfast in 1911
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| shipfate = broken up 1950
 
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| shiptype = Passenger/cargo liner
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| shiptonnage = 5,109 tons
|   data4  = Passenger/cargo liner
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| shiplength = 410 ft (124.97m)
 
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| shipbeam = 52 ft 8 in (16.05m)
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| shipdepth = 24 ft 7 in (7.50m)
|   data5  = 5,109 tons
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| shippropulsion = Twin screw
 
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| shipspeed = 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 50 first class, 36 second class, 2,182 deck passengers
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
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Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. She entered service in August of 1911 and in September of 1914 trooped to Marseilles from Bombay carrying elements of the Indian Expeditionary Force. She also attended the Basra Landings in the December of the same year and spent the remainder of the war as a Troop Transport. In 1922 she ran aground off Amoy sustaining only minor damage, and spent the remainder of her pre- Second War career without major event.  
  
She entered service in August of 1911 and in September of 1914 trooped to Marseilles, she also attended the Basra Landings in the December of the same year and spent the remainder of the war as a Troop Transport.
 
  
In 1922 she ran aground off Amoy but the remainder of her pre- Second War career was uneventful.
 
  
She served as a Troop Transport from July 1940 to November of 1946 seeing service Karachi Basra April 1941, August 1941 Bombay- Port Swettenham. On the 26th of November 1943 she was in convoy with Rohna when the latter was sank by a glider bomb and in January of 1945 she was a Supply and Troop Transport for the Kyaukpyu Landings in Burma.  
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She served as a Troop Transport from July 1940 to November of 1946 seeing service from Karachi to Basra April 1941, August 1941 Bombay- Port Swettenham. On the 26 Nov 1943 she was in convoy with ''Rohna'' when the latter was sank by a glider bomb and in January of 1945 she was a Supply and Troop Transport for the Kyaukpyu Landings in Burma.  
  
Just before decommissioning she grounded in the Hooghly on the 27th of October 1946 and it wasn't until the 7th of November that she was refloated. She remained in service until January 1950 before being sold for scrap to the Steel Corporation of Bombay on the 1st of February at the time she was the longest serving ship in the BI Fleet.
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Just before decommissioning she ran aground in the Hooghly River on 27 Oct 1946 and it wasn't until 7 November that she was refloated. She remained in service until January 1950 before being sold for scrap to the Steel Corporation of Bombay on 1 Feb 1950.  
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
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===Bombay to Fremantle 13 Feb - 15 Mar 1942===
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* [[Eric William Wheatley]]
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===Bombay to Basra ??- 23 Oct 1944===
 
*[[Arthur Reginald Barrett]]
 
*[[Arthur Reginald Barrett]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 21 August 2022

HMT Egra
HMT Egra.jpg
HMT Egra 2.jpg
History
Name HMT Egra
Owner British India Steam Navigation Co.
Builder Workman, Clark & Co Ltd of Belfast
Yard number 307
Launched 14 Mar 1911
Completed August 1911
In service 1911
Out of service 1950
Fate broken up 1950
General characteristics
Type Passenger/cargo liner
Tonnage 5,109 tons
Length 410 ft (124.97m)
Beam 52 ft 8 in (16.05m)
Depth 24 ft 7 in (7.50m)
Propulsion Twin screw
Speed 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
Capacity 50 first class, 36 second class, 2,182 deck passengers



Remarks

Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. She entered service in August of 1911 and in September of 1914 trooped to Marseilles from Bombay carrying elements of the Indian Expeditionary Force. She also attended the Basra Landings in the December of the same year and spent the remainder of the war as a Troop Transport. In 1922 she ran aground off Amoy sustaining only minor damage, and spent the remainder of her pre- Second War career without major event.


She served as a Troop Transport from July 1940 to November of 1946 seeing service from Karachi to Basra April 1941, August 1941 Bombay- Port Swettenham. On the 26 Nov 1943 she was in convoy with Rohna when the latter was sank by a glider bomb and in January of 1945 she was a Supply and Troop Transport for the Kyaukpyu Landings in Burma.

Just before decommissioning she ran aground in the Hooghly River on 27 Oct 1946 and it wasn't until 7 November that she was refloated. She remained in service until January 1950 before being sold for scrap to the Steel Corporation of Bombay on 1 Feb 1950.

Soldiers carried

Bombay to Fremantle 13 Feb - 15 Mar 1942

Bombay to Basra ??- 23 Oct 1944