RMS Quetta

Quetta at Gravesend in 1884
History
United Kingdom
Name	Quetta
Namesake	Quetta
Owner	1882: Gray, Dawes & Co 1886: BI Associated Steamers
Operator	British India Associated Steamers
Port of registry	Glasgow
Route	1881: London – Suez – Calcutta 1883: London – Suez – Brisbane
Builder	Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
Cost	£70,119
Yard number	243
Launched	1 March 1881
Completed	18 May 1881
Identification	UK official number 84309 code letters VMNG
Fate	wrecked 1890
General characteristics
Type	cargo liner
Tonnage	3,484 GRT, 2,254 NRT
Length	380.0 ft (115.8 m)
Beam	40.3 ft (12.3 m)
Depth	29.0 ft (8.8 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	500 HP
Propulsion	1 × compound engine 1 × screw
Sail plan	3-masted barquentine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Capacity	cargo: 148,253 cubic feet (4,198 m3) passengers: 76 × 1st class, 32 × 2nd class, plus steerage
Crew	121
Notes	hydraulic cargo handling equipment

RMS Quetta was an iron-hulled steamship that was built in Scotland in 1881 and wrecked with great loss of life in the Torres Strait in 1890. She was operated by British India Associated Steamers (BIAS), which was controlled by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN). She was wrecked on a previously unknown rock, which has been called Quetta Rock ever since. The Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 protects the wreck.