Nevasa

Nevasa

Built for British India Steam Navigation by Barclay Curle (Yard No. 498)

Launched 26 Dec 1912 and completed 5 March 1913

9070 GRT

On completion she joined her sister ship Neuralia in the Calcutta service until the First World War when she was taken up in August 1914 as a troopship to carry Territorial army soldiers out to India to relieve the regular garrison.

In January 1915 she was converted to a hospital ship with accommodation for 60 wounded and was employed as such until March 1918 with most of her service in this guise being from India to Basra, Suez and East Africa.

March 1918 saw revert to trooping under the Liner Requisition Scheme involving some trans-Atlantic trips

During this period she had two encounters with German submarines being attacked by U151 in June 1918which was on the surface and attacked with gunfire; she drove the submarine off with her stern gun and used her speed to flee the enemy. She was attacked again, this time the submarine being U155 when approaching the USA coast and again escaped using her speed.

She was returned to BI in 1920 and traded between London and Bombay.

She was employed for schools cruises between 1935 and 1937 and took part in the Coronation Review in 1937.

Called up again for the Second World War where she was again used for trooping that was to take her to most theatres of the war being used after the war in repatriation duties until released back to BI in Jan 1948.

Due to her age and hard usage in the war she was sold for scrap to BISCO in March 1948 and was taken to Bo’ness to be broken up.

 

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