| Name: | KAROA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/12/1914 |
| Completed: | 03/1915 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 946 |
| Dimensions: | 7009grt, 3607nrt, 425.0 x 55.6 x 31.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25.5, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 1410nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 137791 |
| History: | |
| 22/03/1915 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 03/05/1950 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 44 x 1st Class, 64 x 2nd Class & 1471 x others |
| 03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop transport | |
| 1919: Returned to owners | |
| 09/1940: Requisitioned as a Personnel & Military Store ship | |
| 03/1944: Converted into a hospital ship | |
| 10/1946: Returned to owners | |
| 03/05/1950: Delivered to Bombay for breaking up by Steel Corp of Bombay |
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