RMS Malwa
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | RMS Malwa |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Coy, London |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 315 |
| Launched | 1908 |
| Completed | 1908 |
| In service | 29 Jan 1909 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Osaka December 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger steamship |
| Tonnage | 10,883 |
| Length | 540 ft (164.6m) |
| Beam | 61 ft 3 in (18.68m) |
| Depth | 28 ft 6½ in 8.70m) |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Capacity | 407 first class, 198 second class; crew 341 |
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 when she was sold to be broken up in Japan.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Egypt 31 July - 24 Aug 1916
- Herbert Sherwood Marsh one of only 33 men who boarded in Fremantle, 494 total