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Ship's Agent
22-05-2014, 16:28
TSS STATE OF MADRAS


155577








Type:

Passenger Cargo Ship / Original Name: JALJAWAHAR



Launched:

30/09/1947



Completed:

09/1948



Builder:

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd



Yard:

Wallsend



Yard Number:

1757



Dimensions:

8784grt, 4282nrt, 7924dwt, 456.4 x 61.7 x 28.3ft



Engines:

2 x T4cyl (24, 42, 47 & 47 x 39ins), 1210nhp



Engines by:

Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend



Propulsion:

2 x Screws



Reg Number:

n/a



History:




09/1948

Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Bombay



1954

Eastern Shipping Corporation Ltd (Scindia SN Co Ltd), Bombay



1954

Renamed STATE OF MADRAS ( postcard attached)



1961

Shipping Corporation of India Ltd



09/1973

Broken up







Comments:

09/1973: Broken up by Marine Metal Corp Ltd at Darukhana, Bombay




TSS STATE OF BOMBAY

155578

Original Name: JAL-AZAD
built by William Hamilton & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 476
Engines by J G Kincaid & Co Ltd Greenock
Last Name: STATE OF BOMBAY (1954)
Previous Names: launched as El Hind
Port of Registry: Bombay, India
Propulsion: triple exp 8cy 6060ihp 13.75 knots
Built: 1948
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 8521 grt
Length: 456 feet 5
Breadth: 61 feet 8
Draught: 25 feet 10
Owner History:
Scindia Steam Navigation Company Bombay
Status: Scrapped - Bombay 1972

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