TSS STATE OF MADRAS
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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

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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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