| Name: | JANUS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/04/1910 |
| Completed: | 06/1910 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 806 |
| Dimensions: | 4824grt, 3078nrt, 400.0 x 53.1 x 24.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 76 x 51ins), 539nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 120765 |
| History: | |
| 06/1910 | A Currie & Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne |
| 1913 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Calcutta & Glasgow |
| 07/01/1933 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | Purchase price £72,000 |
| Accommodation for 45 x 1st & 32 x 2nd class passengers | |
| Employed on the India to Australia route | |
| 1919: Capacity changed to 2441 x deck passengers | |
| 1932: Fire caused structural damage which was uneconomic to repair | |
| Sold to Vizagapatam Port Trust for £3,000 | |
| 07/01/1933: Scuttled as part of a breakwater at Vizagapatam |
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