SS Jumna
Steam passenger liner sunk during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Jumna was a steam passenger liner that was built in Scotland in 1929 and sunk with all hands by a German cruiser on Christmas Day 1940. She was a ship in the fleet of James Nourse, Ltd, whose trade included taking indentured labourers from India to the British West Indies.
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Name | Jumna |
Namesake | Jamuna |
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Port of registry | London |
Builder | A Stephen & Sons, Kelvinhaugh |
Yard number | 522 |
Launched | 24 January 1929 |
Completed | April 1929 |
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Fate | Sunk by shellfire, 25 December 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Type | passenger liner |
Tonnage | 6,078 GRT, 3,746 NRT |
Length | 423.9 ft (129.2 m) |
Beam | 55.9 ft (17.0 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 1 in (7.65 m) |
Depth | 28.1 ft (8.6 m) |
Installed power | 612 NHP |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Crew | 64 |
Armament | DEMS |
Notes | sister ships: Saugor, Ganges |
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Jumna was named after the Jamuna river, a tributary of the Ganges. This was the second ship in the Nourse Line fleet to be called Jumna. The first Jumna was a sailing ship that was built in 1867, sold in 1898 and reported in 1899.[1] The third was a motor ship that was built in 1962, renamed in 1972 and scrapped in 1985.[2]