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BANGALORE (1928)
Service dates: 1928-1941
Official number: 160547
Shipping lines: HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 05.06.1928
- Launched.
- 08.1928
- Completed. She was the first of four sisters (followed in little more than six months by Burdwan, Behar and Bhutan) intended for P&O’s accelerated Far East cargo service but under Hain management and manning as an economy measure.
- 20.07.1941
- Damaged in collision with Richmond Castle in position 01.30N 41.54W while en route from London via Trinidad and Table Bay to Hong Kong with general cargo, aeroplanes and horses.
- 21.07.1941
- Sunk by gunfire from an escort ship to prevent her becoming a hazard to navigation.