SS Fultala
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SS Fultala was a British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) steamship. She was built in England in 1890, operated mostly in the Indian Ocean, and was scrapped in India in 1923. She was a troop ship in the Second Boer War and the First World War. From 1901 to 1906 she took Indian indentured labourers to Fiji.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Fultala |
Owner | British India SN Co |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Builder | Wm Doxford & Sons, Pallion |
Yard number | 200 |
Launched | 4 October 1890 |
Completed | November 1890 |
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Fate | scrapped, 1923 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo liner |
Tonnage | 4,154 GRT, 2,702 NRT, 5,900 DWT |
Length | 366.0 ft (111.6 m) |
Beam | 48.1 ft (14.7 m) |
Draught | 23 ft 9 in (7.2 m) |
Depth | 26.6 ft (8.1 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 473 NHP, 2,450 ihp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Capacity | passengers: 12 × 1st class, 1,667 × deck class |
Notes | sister ship: Fazilka |
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She was the first of three BI ships to be called Fultala. The second was a motor ship that was built in 1940 and sunk in 1942.[1] The third was a steamship that was built in 1948 and sold in 1961.[2]