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PALMA (1903)

Service dates: 1903-1924

Official number: 116009

Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

25.08.1903
Launched.
09.10.1903
Delivered as Palma for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £107,110. She was third of the 5-strong ‘P’ class. Palma is the capital of the Balearic Islands, a Spanish province in the western Mediterranean.
1904
In a triple collision in fog off Gravesend.
1906
Refrigerating equipment fitted.
10.1906
Deadweight 10,809 tons.
09.12.1911
Heavy seas in the Channel carried away her steering gear pipes and No.5 hatch cover.
1912
Appeared briefly on the P&O Branch Line to Australia via the Cape.
1914
Commissioned as a Fleet Auxiliary.
29.04.1917
Fired on by a submarine west of the Scilly Isles.
18.06.1917
Attacked by two German submarines 500km (300 miles) west of the Irish coast when sailing in convoy from New York to Liverpool. Three torpedoes were fired but all missed, and the attack was discontinued.
18.04.1920
Took in tow the disabled steamer Australmead in the Indian Ocean and towed her 2,000km (1,200 miles) to Mauritius, arriving 27th April.
1921
In collision with the US schooner Horace E Munro, which was abandoned, but won damages in the ensuing court case.
1924
Sold for £17,000 to Attilio Ardito, Italy, for demolition.
27.11.1924
Handed over at Genoa.


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