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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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Ship's Agent / Dimas
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
Hopping you all enjoy these rare postcards I've recently acquired!
Nautical Greetings
Ship's Agent / Dimas