56 1st class, 80 2nd class and 3,302 deck class passengers.
Takliwa was a 7,936 GRT cargo liner that was built in 1924 by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland for the British India Steam Navigation Company. She was converted to a hospital ship during the Second World War, serving until she was wrecked in October 1945.
Takliwa was a 7,936 GRT cargo liner that was built in 1924 by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland for the British India Steam Navigation Company...
from Pretoria to Durban for crating and were then shipped to Mombasa on SSTakliwa, embarking on 26 May and arriving in East Africa on 1 June 1940 where...
SS Wairuna, originally called D/S Schneefels, then SS Gibraltar and SS Polescar, was a cargo steamship that was launched in Germany in 1913. She had a...
HMHS Tairea HMHS Talamba HMHS Takliwa HMHS Vasna HMHS Vita HMHS Wanganella HMHS Worthing HMS Hecla HMS Herald HMS Hydra SS Uganda Royal Fleet Auxiliary...
the North Atlantic in 1945. The others were SS Empire Simba on 11 September, SS Wairuna on 30 October, and SS Lambridge on 30 December. Lloyd's Register...
the United States Navy to be named for silica. Her keel was laid down as SS Bauxite (T. B7-D1, MC hull 1331) on 5 December 1943 by Barrett & Hilp, Belair...
ship Zaniah (AG-70), the landing ship medium LSM-39, and the Victory ship SS Pratt Victory, before she attempted to move into the safer waters of the open...
first long struggle against fire was a successful three-day battle to save SS Iredell carrying highly flammable aviation gas. Extricate also fought a dock...
mine and sank (45°32′N 13°12′E / 45.533°N 13.200°E / 45.533; 13.200). Takliwa United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground and then caught fire at Indira...
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