SS Erinpura

Erinpura as a First World War hospital ship
History
United Kingdom
Name	Erinpura
Namesake	Erinpura
Owner	British India Steam Nav Co
Port of registry	Glasgow
Builder	William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
Cost	£108,606
Yard number	945
Launched	9 October 1911
Completed	6 December 1911
Identification	UK official number 312998 Code letters KPWS (until 1933) Call sign MVJ (until 1933) Call sign GJWN (from 1934)
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 1 May 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	E-class ocean liner
Tonnage	5,128 GRT 2,759 NRT 4,750 DWT
Length	411.0 ft (125.27 m)
Beam	52.5 ft (16.00 m)
Draught	23 ft 5 in (7.14 m)
Depth	24.7 ft (7.53 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,059 NHP 6,657 IHP
Propulsion	Two triple expansion engines; Two screws
Speed	16.7 knots (30.9 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers: 51 first class 39 second class 2,359 deck
Crew	26 Officers 84 Ratings

SS Erinpura was an E-class ocean liner of the British India Steam Navigation Company, built in 1911. She was the first British India ship built for Eastern service to be fitted with radio.^{[citation needed]} She served in both World Wars. Enemy action in 1943 sank her in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life.