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OZARDA (1913)
Service dates: 1914-1938
Official number: 133114
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 09.02.1913
- Launched.
- 18.04.1913
- Delivered as Ozarda for British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £77,700. Originally she was laid down for F C Strick & Co as Shahristan but she was taken over by BI and renamed Ozarda.
- 24.06.1914
- Takeover of British India Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
- 11.1915
- Taken up as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. She ran between India and the Mediterranean and also transported camels for use in the desert campaigns.
- 05.1917
- Transferred to British transport service.
- 30.05.1917
- Struck a mine while in the Mediterranean laid by UC34 en route from Karachi to Salonika. There were no casualties and no fatal damage done to the ship. She was towed into Port Said for repairs.
- 10.1918/12.1918
- Came under the Liner Requisition Scheme.
- 06.1930
- Had a leak in the No.2 hold when experiencing rough weather. The Commander felt it was best to put into Cochin for repairs.
- 17.12.1938
- Sold for £8,900 to shipbreakers.
- 1939
- Broken up at Osaka.