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|Ship name=SS ''Mutlah''
|Ship owner=*[[Nourse Line]] (1907-1921)
*Soc di Nav Latina (1921-1923)
*Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav (1923)
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|Ship tonnage=3641 [[gross register ton]]s
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'''SS ''Mutlah''''' was a 3,393-ton [[steamship]] built for the [[Nourse Line]] in 1907 by [[Charles Connell & Company Limited]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. She had [[triple expansion]], 425-[[Nominal horsepower|nhp]] (317-[[Kilowatt|Kw]]) [[steam engine]]s driving a single [[Propeller|screw]].

Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the [[transport]]ation of [[India]]n [[indenture]]d labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
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! Destination
! Date of Arrival
! Number of Passengers
! Deaths During Voyage
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| [[Trinidad]] || 4 September1907
| 844 || 11
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| Trinidad || 4 September 1908
| 415 || 7
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| [[Suriname]] || 2 May 1909 || 834
| n/a
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| Trinidad || 29 August 1909 || 832
| 8
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| Trinidad || 7 October 1910 || 770
| 13
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| Trinidad || 25 January 1911 || 842
| 9
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| [[Fiji]] || 22 May 1911 || 834 || n/a
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| Fiji || 18 August 1911 || 863 || n/a
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| Trinidad || 28 December 1911 || 705
| 2
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| Suriname || 14 May 1912 || 842
| 9
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| Trinidad || 14 October 1912 || 445
| 1
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| Trinidad || 5 February 1913 || 317
| 2
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| Suriname || 23 June 1913 || n/a || n/a
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| Trinidad || 26 November 1913 || 209
| 0
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| Trinidad || 20 January 1914 || 279
| 0
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| Fiji || 7 May 1915 || 852 || n/a
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| Fiji || 1 August 1915 || 812 || n/a
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''Mutlah'' caught fire at [[Naples]], [[Italy]], and sank on 24 March 1920.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Casualty reports |day_of_week=Thursday |date=25 March 1920 |page_number=25 |issue=42368 |column=D }}</ref> She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

In 1921 she was purchased by Soc di Nav Latina, Naples, Italy. In 1923 she was purchased by Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav, [[Genoa]], Italy.<ref name=wrecksite>[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32042 wrecksite.eu SS Mutlah (+1923)]</ref>

On 29 December 1923 she was in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] west-southwest of [[Sardinia]] on a voyage from [[Cagliari]], Sardinia, Italy, to [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], with a cargo of [[grain]] when she sent a distress signal, reporting her position as {{coord|38|40|N|006|34|E|name=SS ''Multah''}}. She then disappeared without trace. She is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Reinsurance rates |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=15 January 1924 |page_number=18 |issue=43549 |column=E }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]
* [[Indian indenture system]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html |title=Updated List of Ships that transported E |first=Richard B. |last=Cheddie |website=Genealogy.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/nourse2.html |title=Nourse Line |website=Merchant Navy Officers}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm |title=Indian Immigrant Ship List |website=[[RootsWeb]]}}

{{1920 shipwrecks}}
{{1923 shipwrecks}}

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