SS Dongola

Dongola about 1913
History
United Kingdom
Name	Dongola
Namesake	Dongola
Owner	P&O
Operator	1905: P&O 1915: Royal Navy
Port of registry	Glasgow
Builder	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch
Cost	£160,167
Yard number	455
Launched	14 September 1905
Completed	15 November 1905
Maiden voyage	November 1905
Refit	1919
Homeport	Southampton
Identification	UK official number 121270 code letters HDTL by 1914: call sign MNH
Fate	scrapped 1926
General characteristics
Class and type	"D"-class ocean liner
Tonnage	8,056 GRT, 4,742 NRT, 8,165 DWT
Length	470.0 ft (143.3 m)
Beam	56.2 ft (17.1 m)
Draught	27.7 ft (8.4 m)
Depth	23.2 ft (7.1 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	1,252 NHP, 8,000 ihp
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	15+1⁄2 knots (28.7 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 163 × 1st class; 80 × 2nd class cargo: 356,112 cubic feet (10,084 m3)
Crew	236

SS Dongola, launched 14 September 1905, was a steam-powered ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), at various times used as a Royal Navy troop ship (HMT Dongola) and hospital ship (HMHS Dongola).

Except during the First World War, the ship's main use was as a passenger liner on the routes from England through the Suez Canal to India and the Far East, and she was fast enough to carry mail.

P&O sold the ship in June 1926 to be broken up for scrap.