On 30 October 1914, struck a reef at Saltwick, near Whitby, and sank.
Notes
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General characteristics
Type
Passenger ship/troopship, later hospital ship
Tonnage
7,114 GRT, 3,970 NRT
Length
460.1 ft (140.2 m)
Beam
56.0 ft (17.1 m)
Depth
30.6 ft (9.3 m)
Installed power
8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion
Twin Harland & Wolff quadruple expansion engines
Speed
16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph)
Capacity
167 passengers; later about 1,600 troops
Notes
sister ship: Rewa
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Rohilla was a passenger steamer of the British India Steam Navigation Company which was built for service between the UK and India, and as a troopship. After becoming a hospital ship in the First World War, She ran aground in October 1914, near Whitby, with the loss of 83 lives.
^ abLaxon, W A (Bill); Perry, F W (Fred) (1994). B I: The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited. Kendal: World Ship Society. pp. 100–101, 245. ISBN 0-905617-65-7.
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