SS Sangola
Merchant steamship built in the UK in 1901 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Sangola was a steam cargo liner that was launched in Scotland in 1901, renamed Goshu Maru in 1923, and scrapped in Japan in 1933. She was one of a class of seven steamships that were built for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) in 1901 and 1902. From 1908 until 1910 she took Indian indentured labourers to Fiji.
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Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Cost | £89,420 |
Yard number | 647 |
Launched | 18 June 1901 |
Completed | 16 August 1901 |
Identification |
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Fate | scrapped 1933 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | "S" class cargo liner |
Tonnage | 5,149 GRT, 3,323 NRT, 8,122 DWT |
Length | 410.8 ft (125.2 m) |
Beam | 50.7 ft (15.5 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 1 in (7.65 m) |
Depth | 29.1 ft (8.9 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 383 NHP, 2,329 ihp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
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Crew | 94 |
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She was the first of two BI ships to be called Sangola. The second was a motor ship that was launched in 1947 and scrapped in 1963.[1]