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Name: MONGARA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/02/1914
Completed: 05/1914
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 941
Dimensions: 8205grt, 5138nrt, 450.1 x 58.3 x 32.8ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (21, 35.5 & 61 x 45ins), 894nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136295
History:
26/05/1914 British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
03/07/1917 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 66 x 1st Class & 63 x 2nd Class passengers
Built for the London to Calcutta service. Cost £146,900
03/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by Austrian submarine U28, 1.5 miles from Messina
On a voyage from Sydney to London carrying general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Jarrow Express, Friday, 29/05/1914