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SS Virawa
SS Virawa was British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) steamship. She was launched in Scotland in 1890 and scrapped in India in 1921. Her trades included taking horses from Australia to India, and indentured labourers from India to Fiji and Trinidad. In 1899 she was a troop ship in the Second Boer War.
In 1890 William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton on the River Leven built a pair of sister ships for BI for £59,600 each. Yard number 440 was launched on 4 August as Vadala and completed on 13 September. Yard number 441 was launched on 15 September as Virawa and completed on 5 November.
Virawa's registered length was 340.0 ft (103.6 m), her beam was 43.1 ft (13.1 m) and her depth was 26.0 ft (7.9 m). Her tonnages were 3,333 GRT, 2,158 NRT, and 4,933 DWT. She had berths for 8 first class passengers.
Virawa had a single screw, driven by a quadruple-expansion steam engine. It was rated at 320 NHP and gave her a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). She was an early example of a BI ship with telemotor steering gear.[citation needed]
BI registered Virawa at Glasgow. Her United Kingdom official number was 98587 and her code letters were LWKR.
In August 1891 a large number of horses was exported from Australia to India in the BI ships Bhundara and Virawa, and Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSN Co) ships Bulimba and Waroonga. BI had a controlling interest in the AUSN Co. On 31 August Virawa left Melbourne for Calcutta carrying 530 horses: the largest number yet exported from Australia aboard one steamship.
On 11 September Virawa grounded on Dugdale Reef near Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. A steamship called Victoria tried to tow her off, but was unsuccessful. On 14 September the BI ship Jelunga succeeded in towing Virawa off the reef. Virawa was undamaged, and continued her journey to India.
Between 1895 and 1907 Virawa made four voyages taking Indian indentured labourers abroad, as shown in the table below.[citation needed] On her 1895 voyage she left Calcutta carrying either 683 or 687 labourers (accounts differ), and sailed via the Torres Strait. Three days later, measles broke out aboard. Two of her passengers died. When she reached Suva on 26 April, her passengers were quarantined on Nukulau. The ship was also quarantined and fumigated. Nine people died on her voyage to Trinidad in 1901.[citation needed]
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SS Virawa
SS Virawa was British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) steamship. She was launched in Scotland in 1890 and scrapped in India in 1921. Her trades included taking horses from Australia to India, and indentured labourers from India to Fiji and Trinidad. In 1899 she was a troop ship in the Second Boer War.
In 1890 William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton on the River Leven built a pair of sister ships for BI for £59,600 each. Yard number 440 was launched on 4 August as Vadala and completed on 13 September. Yard number 441 was launched on 15 September as Virawa and completed on 5 November.
Virawa's registered length was 340.0 ft (103.6 m), her beam was 43.1 ft (13.1 m) and her depth was 26.0 ft (7.9 m). Her tonnages were 3,333 GRT, 2,158 NRT, and 4,933 DWT. She had berths for 8 first class passengers.
Virawa had a single screw, driven by a quadruple-expansion steam engine. It was rated at 320 NHP and gave her a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). She was an early example of a BI ship with telemotor steering gear.[citation needed]
BI registered Virawa at Glasgow. Her United Kingdom official number was 98587 and her code letters were LWKR.
In August 1891 a large number of horses was exported from Australia to India in the BI ships Bhundara and Virawa, and Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSN Co) ships Bulimba and Waroonga. BI had a controlling interest in the AUSN Co. On 31 August Virawa left Melbourne for Calcutta carrying 530 horses: the largest number yet exported from Australia aboard one steamship.
On 11 September Virawa grounded on Dugdale Reef near Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. A steamship called Victoria tried to tow her off, but was unsuccessful. On 14 September the BI ship Jelunga succeeded in towing Virawa off the reef. Virawa was undamaged, and continued her journey to India.
Between 1895 and 1907 Virawa made four voyages taking Indian indentured labourers abroad, as shown in the table below.[citation needed] On her 1895 voyage she left Calcutta carrying either 683 or 687 labourers (accounts differ), and sailed via the Torres Strait. Three days later, measles broke out aboard. Two of her passengers died. When she reached Suva on 26 April, her passengers were quarantined on Nukulau. The ship was also quarantined and fumigated. Nine people died on her voyage to Trinidad in 1901.[citation needed]