MV Domala
Domala | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Domala, Punjab |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1941: Andrew Weir & Co |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route | London – Suez Canal – Calcutta |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch |
| Yard number | 579 |
| Launched | 23 December 1920 |
| Completed | 14 December 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | sunk by torpedo, 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.8 m) |
| Draught |
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| Depth | 32.9 ft (10.0 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew |
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| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Notes | sister ship: Dumana |
MV Domala was a British cargo liner that was launched in 1920 as Magvana, but completed in 1921 as Domala. She was the first major ocean-going passenger ship to be built in the United Kingdom as a motor ship.
The British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) owned and operated her until 1940, when she was bombed by a German aircraft and burnt out. She was rebuilt for the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) as the cargo ship Empire Attendant. Andrew Weir & Company managed her for the MoS, and for its successor the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), until a U-boat sank her with all hands in 1942.