SS Golconda (1887)
Golconda entering the Suez Canal from the Red Sea
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Owner | British India Steam Navigation Company |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Builder | Sunderland , England |
Yard number | 166 |
Launched | 8 February 1887 |
Completed | 13 October 1888 |
Identification | British Official Number 95098 |
Fate | Sunk by mine 3 June 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 5,874 GRT |
Length | 422 ft (129 m) |
Beam | 41.8 ft (12.7 m) |
Installed power | 4,360 BHP |
Sail plan | barquentine |
Construction and description
In the mid-1880s the
Completed as Golconda, she measured 6,037
British India Line service
After prelinary loading in the Tyne and at Antwerp, Golconda sailed from London on 19 October 1888 on her maiden voyage to Calcutta.[5][6] She had an inauspicious start, suffering engine damage after leaving London, putting in to Spithead to undertake repairs and not leaving there until 27 October.[7] Thereafter she traded successfully on the Calcutta route for 12 years; her low passenger capacity for her size was popular with travellers and the accommodation was more spacious than was usual.[1] She suffered only two minor casualties: a small fire in December 1890 and was rammed by the Liverpool iron barque Lathom two years later, both in the Hooghly River, but was only lightly damaged.[1]
In 1900 Golconda was chartered as a
Indian Expeditionary Force transport
In October 1915 Golconda was again taken up as a transport, for the
Loss
Golconda struck a mine laid by German submarine UC 3, and sank in the North Sea on 3 June 1916, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south east by east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52°08′30″N 1°44′45″E / 52.14167°N 1.74583°E) with the loss of nineteen lives.[15] She was lost while on a voyage from Tees and London to Calcutta with general cargo.[1]
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