INTABA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1910
Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 387' x breadth 48 1/12' x depth 30'
Gross Tonnage: 4832 ton
Gross Tonnage: 4832 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002164
Keywords
Yard Number: 476.
Subsequent Names: WAITOMO (1916); ENGLESTAN (1927)
Fate: the vessel arrived at Ghent for demolition by Van Heyghen Freres, 21 January 1953.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Passenger vessel, 2 decks, poop deck 62', bridge deck 145', forecastle 40'
Owners:
28/10/1910: Registered at Aberdeen for J. T. Rennie.
08/1911: INTABA was sold to the Charente SS Co Ltd (T & J Harrison, managers) Liverpool.
07/1915: Requisitioned as a transport.
1916-17: Served as Q-ship Q4, disguise name WAITOMO.
05/1927: Sold to Hajee Mohamed Hassan Nemazee, Hong Kong for £21,000.
10/1929: Sold to Bengal Burma S N Co Ltd, Rangoon.
05/1933: Ownership was transferred to Scindia S N Co Ltd, Bombay following Bengal Burma's takeover by Scindia.
05/1951: liquidation of Bengal Burma SN, registered ownership transferred to Scindia S N Co Ltd.
General History:
1921: Transferred to the West Indian route.
1926: Laid up.
05/1927: Put on te pilgrim route and other trades.
1928: Renamed ENGLESTAN
12/1937: The vessel left Calcutta for Jeddah as the first Scindia Haj pilgrim ship.
1952: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers and left Calcutta on 31 October under tow.
