transport ship Rohilla at Port Said, 1914
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Rohilla |
Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Route | 1906: London – Calcutta |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 381 |
Launched | 6 September 1906 |
Completed | 16 November 1906 |
Identification |
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Fate | On 30 October 1914, struck a reef at Saltwick, near Whitby, and sank. |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ship/troopship, later hospital ship |
Tonnage | 7,114 GRT, 3,970 NRT |
Length | 460.1 ft (140.2 m) |
Beam | 56.0 ft (17.1 m) |
Depth | 30.6 ft (9.3 m) |
Installed power | 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Twin Harland & Wolff quadruple expansion engines |
Speed | 16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph) |
Capacity | 167 passengers; later about 1,600 troops |
Notes |
Rohilla was a passenger steamer of the British India Steam Navigation Company which was built for service between the UK and India, and as a troopship. After becoming a hospital ship in the First World War, She ran aground in October 1914, near Whitby, with the loss of 83 lives.