History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | SS Tilawa |
Owner | British India Steam Navigation Company |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
Yard number | 530 |
Completed | 1924 |
Identification |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-29, 23 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 10,006 GRT |
Length | 137.5 m (451.12 ft) |
Beam | 18.1 m (59.38 ft) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 4-cylinder quadruple-expansion steam engine; output: 900 nhp |
Propulsion | Single propeller |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity | 3,290 passengers |
SS Tilawa was an ocean liner of the British India Steam Navigation Company launched in 1924. She was sunk by a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Indian Ocean on 23 November 1942, with the loss of 280 lives.
The ship carried a cargo of silver bullion that was secretly recovered by a salvage company in 2017. This led to a legal dispute over ownership of the cargo between the salvors and the government of South Africa, the original owner of the silver.
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