SS Sirdhana (1947)

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History
United Kingdom
Name: Sirdhana
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Company
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Launched: 8 January 1947
Completed: 9 December 1947
In service: 1947
Fate: Sold for scrap, August 1972
General characteristics
Type: Passenger-cargo ship
Tonnage: 8,608 t (8,472 long tons; 9,489 short tons)
Speed: 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)

SS Sirdhana was one of the larger S-class passenger ships of the British India Steam Navigation Company. The ship entered service in 1947 and was scrapped in Taiwan in 1972.

References[edit]

  • "BI Fleet list 1940-1949". BI Ship. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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