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GOLCONDA (1919)

Service dates: 1919-1940

Official number: 141919

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

14.06.1919
Launched.
10.09.1919
Ran trials.
19.09.1919
Completed as Golconda for British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
24.02.1940
Went aground and was wrecked in the Karnaphuli River near Chittagong while on a voyage from Akyab to Chittagong with a cargo of rice


Ship technical details (PDF)