RMS Malwa
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | RMS Malwa |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Coy, London |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Completed | 1908 |
| 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.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Egypt 31 July - 24 Aug 1916
- Herbert Sherwood Marsh one of only 33 men who boarded in Fremantle, 494 total