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GOALPARA (1943)
Service dates: 1948-1953
Official number: 123107
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 20.04.1943
- Launched.
- 16.06.1943
- Delivered as Empire Glory to the Ministry of War Transport (E J Sutton & Co, managers).
- 29.08.1946
- Management transferred to the British India Steam Navigation Company.
- 01.03.1948
- Sold for £112,000 to the British India Steam Navigation Company and renamed Goalpara. She was the only deep-sea Empire-class ship bought by the company.
- 04.1950
- Converted from coal to oil-firing.
- 04.1953
- She had become surplus to requirements as more modern tonnage was delivered to the company. Sold for £270,000 to Bharat Line Ltd, Bombay and renamed Bharatveer.
- 21.10.1963
- Driven ashore 8km (5 miles) north of Madras during a cyclone. The ship was on a voyage from Calcutta to Cuddalore.
- 22.10.1963
- Fire broke out on board which gutted the ship completely. She was declared a constructive total loss and sold to buyers in Bombay for demolition.