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ROHNA (1926)

Service dates: 1926-1943

Official number: 149745

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

24.08.1926
Launched.
04.11.1926
Ran trials.
05.11.1926
Delivered as Rohna for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
09.1939
Requisitioned as a Personnel Ship. Her early service was mainly in Eastern waters.
1942
Transferred to Mediterranean service.
1943
Participated in the Sicilian landings.
25.11.1943
Sunk by a guided missile, becoming the first merchant ship sunk in this way.


Ship technical details (PDF)