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MALOJA (1923)

Service dates: 1923-1954

Official number: 145437

Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


Passenger Liner.


Career

29.11.1918
Ordered.
28.10.1920
Keel laid.
19.04.1923
Launched by Hon Elsie Mackay, daughter of P&O Chairman Lord Inchcape.
25.10.1923
Ran trials and delivered as Maloja for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £1,421,291.
02.11.1923
Maiden sailing to Bombay.
18.01.1924
London/Colombo/Melbourne/Sydney service.
11.1924
Dockworkers strike delayed her departure and forced her to leave 6,000 tons of cargo in Australia.
03.1925
Ran aground in Adelaide.
1930
Fitted with Bauer-Wach exhaust turbines.
02.1931
Fire in No.7 hold shortly after leaving Bombay for London.
01.1933
Lost an anchor and 45 fathoms (82 metres) of chain when trying to load cargo from a lighter in Gibraltar Bay in severe weather.
12.1934
Carried a record mail shipment of 1,285 tons (40 cubic feet).
11.09.1939
Requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Armed Merchant Cruiser upon her arrival at Aden.
01.1940
Joined Northern Patrols.
03.1940
Intercepted German cargo ship La Coruna south of Iceland.
06.11.1941
Returned to her owners for service as a troopship.
11.1942/12.1942
Took part in North African landings.
15.01.1947
Returned to her owners and reconditioned.
10.06.1948
Re-entered commercial service.
08.1950
Assisted with the repatriation of Dutch nationals expelled from Indonesia.
19.02.1954
Last arrival at Tilbury.
02.04.1954
Sold for £165,000 to British Iron and Steel Corporation (Salvage) Ltd.


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