SS Santhia
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SS Santhia was a steam cargo liner that was launched in Scotland in 1901, renamed Saka Maru in 1923, and scrapped in Japan in 1935. She was one of a class of seven steamships that were built for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) in 1901 and 1902.
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Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Cost | £89,420 |
Yard number | 648 |
Launched | 30 September 1901 |
Completed | 7 November 1901 |
Identification |
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Fate | scrapped 1935 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | "S" class cargo liner |
Tonnage | 5,151 GRT, 3,322 NRT, 8,139 DWT |
Length | 411.0 ft (125.3 m) |
Beam | 50.7 ft (15.5 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
Depth | 29.1 ft (8.9 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 383 NHP, 2,387 ihp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.3 knots (22.8 km/h) |
Capacity | passengers: 9 × 1st class, 16 × 2nd class, & 1,377 × emigrants or 2,204 × deck class |
Crew | 94 |
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She was the first of three BI ships to be called Santhia.[1] The second was a steamship that was launched in 1925, burnt out in 1943, and scrapped in 1945.[2] The third was a motor ship that was launched in 1950 and scrapped in 1971.[3]