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	==The disaster==		==The disaster==
	''Ramdas'' was a coastal [[passenger ferry]] owned by the [[Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation Company]]. It was a [[Twin-screw steamer\|twin-screw]] vessel built in 1936 and measured 406 [[tonnage\|tons]]. On 17 July 1947, at around 8:05 a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time\|IST]]), 30 minutes after she left Bombay, and at {{convert\|5\|mi\|km}} Colaba Point, while en route to Rewas, she was caught in violent storms and high seas.<ref>{{cite news \|title=669 Die is Ship Disaster \|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26402001 \|accessdate=12 November 2018 \|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)\|The Mercury]] \|date=19 July 1947}}</ref> While she was passing the island of Kashyacha Khadak, one of the waves caught her on the [[starboard]] side, resulting in the passengers rushing to the [[Port (nautical)\|port]] side and causing her to capsize.<ref>{{cite news\|~~last1~~=Correspondent~~\|first1=Staff~~\|title=Indian steamer disaster: Nearly 700 drowned\|url=http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons\|accessdate=18 April 2015\|work=Pg 4\|agency=The Times\|issue=50816\|date=18 July 1947}}</ref>		''Ramdas'' was a coastal [[passenger ferry]] owned by the [[Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation Company]]. It was a [[Twin-screw steamer\|twin-screw]] vessel built in 1936 and measured 406 [[tonnage\|tons]]. On 17 July 1947, at around 8:05 a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time\|IST]]), 30 minutes after she left Bombay, and at {{convert\|5\|mi\|km}} Colaba Point, while en route to Rewas, she was caught in violent storms and high seas.<ref>{{cite news \|title=669 Die is Ship Disaster \|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26402001 \|accessdate=12 November 2018 \|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)\|The Mercury]] \|date=19 July 1947}}</ref> While she was passing the island of Kashyacha Khadak, one of the waves caught her on the [[starboard]] side, resulting in the passengers rushing to the [[Port (nautical)\|port]] side and causing her to capsize.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Staff Correspondent\|title=Indian steamer disaster: Nearly 700 drowned\|url=http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons\|accessdate=18 April 2015\|work=Pg 4\|agency=The Times\|issue=50816\|date=18 July 1947}}</ref>

	The port authorities knew of the tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the [[Sassoon Docks]] and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and reached the northern coast of [[Raigad district\|Raigad]] near Rewas. Some people were rescued by fishermen from Rewas.<ref name="interviews">{{cite book\|title=Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi)\|date=1950\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>		The port authorities knew of the tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the [[Sassoon Docks]] and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and reached the northern coast of [[Raigad district\|Raigad]] near Rewas. Some people were rescued by fishermen from Rewas.<ref name="interviews">{{cite book\|title=Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi)\|date=1950\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>

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	==The disaster==		==The disaster==
	''Ramdas'' was a coastal [[passenger ferry]] owned by the [[Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation Company]]. It was a [[Twin-screw steamer\|twin-screw]] vessel built in 1936 and measured 406 [[tonnage\|tons]]. On 17 July 1947, at around 8:05 a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time\|IST]]), 30 minutes after she left Bombay, and at {{convert\|5\|mi\|km}} Colaba Point, while en route to Rewas, she was caught in violent storms and high seas.<ref>{{cite ~~newspaper~~ \|title=669 Die is Ship Disaster \|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26402001 \|accessdate=12 November 2018 \|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)\|The Mercury]] \|date=19 July 1947}}</ref> While she was passing the island of Kashyacha Khadak, one of the waves caught her on the [[starboard]] side, resulting in the passengers rushing to the [[Port (nautical)\|port]] side and causing her to capsize.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Correspondent\|first1=Staff\|title=Indian steamer disaster: Nearly 700 drowned\|url=http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons\|accessdate=18 April 2015\|work=Pg 4\|agency=The Times\|issue=50816\|date=18 July 1947}}</ref>		''Ramdas'' was a coastal [[passenger ferry]] owned by the [[Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation Company]]. It was a [[Twin-screw steamer\|twin-screw]] vessel built in 1936 and measured 406 [[tonnage\|tons]]. On 17 July 1947, at around 8:05 a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time\|IST]]), 30 minutes after she left Bombay, and at {{convert\|5\|mi\|km}} Colaba Point, while en route to Rewas, she was caught in violent storms and high seas.<ref>{{cite news \|title=669 Die is Ship Disaster \|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26402001 \|accessdate=12 November 2018 \|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)\|The Mercury]] \|date=19 July 1947}}</ref> While she was passing the island of Kashyacha Khadak, one of the waves caught her on the [[starboard]] side, resulting in the passengers rushing to the [[Port (nautical)\|port]] side and causing her to capsize.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Correspondent\|first1=Staff\|title=Indian steamer disaster: Nearly 700 drowned\|url=http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons\|accessdate=18 April 2015\|work=Pg 4\|agency=The Times\|issue=50816\|date=18 July 1947}}</ref>

	The port authorities knew of the tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the [[Sassoon Docks]] and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and reached the northern coast of [[Raigad district\|Raigad]] near Rewas. Some people were rescued by fishermen from Rewas.<ref name="interviews">{{cite book\|title=Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi)\|date=1950\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>		The port authorities knew of the tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the [[Sassoon Docks]] and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and reached the northern coast of [[Raigad district\|Raigad]] near Rewas. Some people were rescued by fishermen from Rewas.<ref name="interviews">{{cite book\|title=Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi)\|date=1950\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>
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	For the rescue operation mounted by the Rewas fishermen, the Indian government allotted some land and a [[jetty]] to them. The resulting settlement was subsequently called [[Bodni]].<ref name="interviews"/>		For the rescue operation mounted by the Rewas fishermen, the Indian government allotted some land and a [[jetty]] to them. The resulting settlement was subsequently called [[Bodni]].<ref name="interviews"/>

	The [[Mumbai Port Trust\|Bombay Port Trust]] decided to salvage it in August 1951 and the work was entrusted to an Italian firm for a cost of {{INR}}13.8 [[lakh]].<ref>{{cite ~~newspaper~~ \|title="Ramdas" to be Salvaged \|newspaper=The Indian Express \|date=1 September 1951 \|page=3}}</ref> However, the wreck resurfaced on its own at [[Ballard Pier]] off the coast at Bombay in 1957.		The [[Mumbai Port Trust\|Bombay Port Trust]] decided to salvage it in August 1951 and the work was entrusted to an Italian firm for a cost of {{INR}}13.8 [[lakh]].<ref>{{cite news \|title="Ramdas" to be Salvaged \|newspaper=The Indian Express \|date=1 September 1951 \|page=3}}</ref> However, the wreck resurfaced on its own at [[Ballard Pier]] off the coast at Bombay in 1957.

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The '''1947 ''Ramdas'' ship disaster''' occurred near Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) in India. The Indian [[passenger ship]] SS ''Ramdas'', while bound for [[Rewas]] in [[Maharashtra]], capsized on 17 July 1947,<ref>http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons</ref> near Gull Island (Kashyacha Khadak), ten miles from [[Colaba]]([[South Mumbai]])Point, killing 724 of the people on board.

==The disaster==
''Ramdas'' was a coastal [[passenger ferry]] owned by the [[Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation Company]]. It was a [[Twin-screw steamer|twin-screw]] vessel built in 1936 and measured 406 [[tonnage|tons]]. On 17 July 1947, at around 8:05 a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]), 30 minutes after she left Bombay, and at {{convert|5|mi|km}} Colaba Point, while en route to Rewas, she was caught in violent storms and high seas.<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=669 Die is Ship Disaster |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26402001 |accessdate=12 November 2018 |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |date=19 July 1947}}</ref> While she was passing the island of Kashyacha Khadak, one of the waves caught her on the [[starboard]] side, resulting in the passengers rushing to the [[Port (nautical)|port]] side and causing her to capsize.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=Staff|title=Indian steamer disaster: Nearly 700 drowned|url=http://wikimapia.org/1149933/Kashacha-Khadak-Ferry-Ramdas-sank-here-drowning-700-persons|accessdate=18 April 2015|work=Pg 4|agency=The Times|issue=50816|date=18 July 1947}}</ref>

The port authorities knew of the tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the [[Sassoon Docks]] and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and reached the northern coast of [[Raigad district|Raigad]] near Rewas. Some people were rescued by fishermen from Rewas.<ref name="interviews">{{cite book|title=Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi)|date=1950|location=Mumbai}}</ref>

Of the 713 passengers on board, 690 died. Most passengers were from the [[Girgaum]] and [[Parel]] areas. They were mostly workers from [[Pen, India|Pen]], [[Roha]], and [[Alibag]]. Survivors included the ship's [[Sea captain|captain]], Sheikh Suleman Ibrahim, who later provided the facts of the incident. It is alleged that Captain sank the ship as partition of India sparked riots in Northern India.

==Aftermath==
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For the rescue operation mounted by the Rewas fishermen, the Indian government allotted some land and a [[jetty]] to them. The resulting settlement was subsequently called [[Bodni]].<ref name="interviews"/>

The [[Mumbai Port Trust|Bombay Port Trust]] decided to salvage it in August 1951 and the work was entrusted to an Italian firm for a cost of {{INR}}13.8 [[lakh]].<ref>{{cite newspaper |title="Ramdas" to be Salvaged |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=1 September 1951 |page=3}}</ref> However, the wreck resurfaced on its own at [[Ballard Pier]] off the coast at Bombay in 1957.

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [https://archive.is/20010424230659/http://www.timesrelieffund.com/ramdasship/ramdas.htm Times Relief Fund]

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