SS Chenab
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England |
| Launched | 1911 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,930 GRT |
| Installed power | 425 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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SS Chenab was a 3,930 GRT steamship built for the Nourse Line in 1911 by Cammell Laird and Company Limited of Birkenhead in England.
She had a 425 NHP triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw.
Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
| Destination | Date of Arrival |
Number of Passengers |
Deaths During Voyage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad | 7 November 1911 | 451 | 3 |
| Trinidad | 7 March 1912 | 350 | 5 |
| Suriname | 8 July 1912 | n/a | n/a |
| British Guiana | 1912 | n/a | n/a |
| Trinidad | 8 November 1912 | 410 | 5 |
| Trinidad | 13 March 1913 | 96 | 0 |
| Suriname | 7 July 1913 | n/a | n/a |
| Fiji | 24 March 1914 | 855 | n/a |
| Trinidad | 12 September 1914 | 179 | 0 |
| Fiji | 16 June 1914 | 717 | |
| Fiji | 1 September 1916 | 717 | n/a |
| Trinidad | 10 December 1916 | 627 | 2 |
Chenab was sold in 1930 to the Khedivial Mail Line of Alexandria, and in 1931 resold to the Cie de Navigation Libano-Syrienne of Beirut and renamed Ville de Beyrouth. By 1936 she owned by the Societe Orientale de Navigation of Beirut, and in 1939 was renamed Al Rawdah.[1]
In 1940 the ship was requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport, serving as Al Rawdah under the management of the British India Steam Navigation Company.[2] Al Rawdah was moored in Strangford Lough near Killyleagh in 1940, and was used as a prison ship for Irish republican internees.[3] By early 1945 Al Rawdah was stationed in Holy Loch[4] being used as an accommodation ship attached to the 3rd Submarine Flotilla.[5] She was returned to the Khedivial Mail Line in 1946, and was finally scrapped at Rosyth in 1953.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Khedivial Mail Line". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "British-India Fleet list". biship.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Second World War in Northern Ireland". ww2ni.webs.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Dorset Submariners: HMS Sidon". dorsetsubmariners.org.uk. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ Houterman, Hans (2012). "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 (H)". unithistories.com. Retrieved 9 November 2012.