SS Narkunda

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History
United Kingdom
Name	Narkunda
Operator	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (1920-1940) Royal Navy (1940-1942)
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	471
Launched	25 April 1918
In service	30 March 1920
Fate	Sunk on 14 November 1942
General characteristics [1][2]
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	16,227 GRT
Length	177.22 m (581 ft 5 in)
Beam	21.16 m (69 ft 5 in)
Draft	13.4 m (44 ft 0 in)
Installed power	15,300 hp (11,253 kW)
Propulsion	Quadruple expansion steam engines, 2 Propeller
Speed	17.5 knots (32 km/h)
Capacity	673 total passengers

The SS Narkunda was a passenger ship commissioned in 1920 by the British shipping company, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which carried passengers and mail from Great Britain to Australia and later to the Far East. From 1940 she served as a troop ship until she was sunk on 14 November 1942, on the Algerian coast during a German air raid.