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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Laid down on the stocks as ''Medina'' but launched and completed as ''Malwa''. Engaged on the Britain-Australia-India service, she was in Fremantle when war was declared. She was contracted on several occasions to carry Australian troops.
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Laid down on the stocks as ''Medina'' but launched and completed as ''Malwa''. Engaged on the Britain-Australia-India service, she was in Fremantle when war was declared. She was contracted on several occasions to carry Australian troops.On 24 Sep 1920 she resumed the Australian service, continuing until 16 Dec 1932 whn she was sold to be broken up in Japan.
  
  

Revision as of 01:49, 22 October 2021

RMS Malwa
RMS Malwa.jpg
Australian National Maritime Museum image 00004098
History
Name RMS Malwa
Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Coy, London
Builder Caird & Company, Greenock
Completed 1908
In service 29 Jan 1909
Fate Scrapped at Osaka December 1932
General characteristics
Type Passenger steamship
Tonnage 10,883
Length 540' (164.6m)
Beam 61' 3" (18.7m)
Propulsion Twin screw
Speed 18 knots (33 km/h)



Remarks

Laid down on the stocks as Medina but launched and completed as Malwa. Engaged on the Britain-Australia-India service, she was in Fremantle when war was declared. She was contracted on several occasions to carry Australian troops.On 24 Sep 1920 she resumed the Australian service, continuing until 16 Dec 1932 whn she was sold to be broken up in Japan.


Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Egypt 31 July - 24 Aug 1916