Difference between revisions of "SS Simla"
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| image = [[File:SS_Simla.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Simla.jpg]] | ||
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| − | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = P&O PH-05538-00 |
| shipname = SS Simla | | shipname = SS Simla | ||
| − | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| − | | shipbuilder = | + | | shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock |
| − | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 275 |
| − | | shiplaunched = | + | | shiplaunched = 13 Oct 1894 |
| − | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 1895 |
| − | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1895 |
| − | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 2 Apr 1916 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
| − | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = Torpedoed & sunk |
| shiptype = Passenger / cargo | | shiptype = Passenger / cargo | ||
| shiptonnage = 5,884 tons | | shiptonnage = 5,884 tons | ||
| − | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 430.0 ft (131.06m) |
| − | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 49.3 ft (15.03m) |
| − | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 29.9 ft (9.07m) |
| − | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = single screw |
| − | | shipspeed = | + | | shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| − | | shipcapacity = | + | | shipcapacity = 160 crew |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Built for the P&O Line in 1895 and used on the India route. | + | Built for the P & O Line in 1895 and used on the India route. She was sold in 1916 to the |
| − | Torpedoed | + | |
| + | Torpedoed & sunk by the German submarine U-49 on 2 Apr 1916, 45 miles West North West of Gozo, Malta when outward from Marseille. 10 of her crew perished. On the 2nd April, 1916, the British ''SS Simla'', while making 11 knots, was torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean. The explosion made a hole in her port side 30 feet by 8 feet in size, and the engines stopped of themselves. This took place at 1 pm, Boats were lowered, and 150 of the crew embarked, the remaining 10, who were Asiatic firemen, having been killed by the explosion. After the ship had been abandoned a submarine appeared and fired seven shells into her, sinking her at 2.30 pm The survivors were picked up by a French patrolboat at 5 pm on the same day. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 18 December 2021
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 P&O PH-05538-00 | |
| History | |
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| Name | SS Simla |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 275 |
| Launched | 13 Oct 1894 |
| Completed | 1895 |
| In service | 1895 |
| Out of service | 2 Apr 1916 |
| Fate | Torpedoed & sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 5,884 tons |
| Length | 430.0 ft (131.06m) |
| Beam | 49.3 ft (15.03m) |
| Depth | 29.9 ft (9.07m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| Capacity | 160 crew |
Remarks
Built for the P & O Line in 1895 and used on the India route. She was sold in 1916 to the
Torpedoed & sunk by the German submarine U-49 on 2 Apr 1916, 45 miles West North West of Gozo, Malta when outward from Marseille. 10 of her crew perished. On the 2nd April, 1916, the British SS Simla, while making 11 knots, was torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean. The explosion made a hole in her port side 30 feet by 8 feet in size, and the engines stopped of themselves. This took place at 1 pm, Boats were lowered, and 150 of the crew embarked, the remaining 10, who were Asiatic firemen, having been killed by the explosion. After the ship had been abandoned a submarine appeared and fired seven shells into her, sinking her at 2.30 pm The survivors were picked up by a French patrolboat at 5 pm on the same day.