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GAMBADA (1918)

Service dates: 1919-1938

Official number: 142614

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

07.1918
Launched.
09.1918
Completed as War Robin for the Shipping Controller (H Roberts & Son, manager).
25.09.1919
Sold to British India Steam Navigation Company for £188,600 and renamed Gambada.
03.08.1920
During a voyage from Barbados to Cuba, she arrived with her bunkers on fire and had to put into St Lucia to discharge the coal before the seat of the fire could be found.
01.08.1921
Suffered damage when she struck the quay wall while entering Dunkerque.
19.09.1938
Sold for £7,750 to Frank Rijsdijks Industries Ltd, Hull.
11.11.1938
Demolition commenced.


Ship technical details (PDF)