City of Simla (SS)

Name: City of Simla (SS)
Address: IE

Liner in Ireland, dating from 1940

The City of Simla was a 10,138-ton, steel merchant steamship of Glasgow, owned by Ellerman Lines. It was built by W. Gray Co. Ltd. of West Hartlepool in 1921 and was propelled by four steam turbine engines, giving it a maximum speed of 13.5 knots. On the day it was sunk, the vessel was en route from London to Cape Town and Bombay, under the command of Herbert Percival, and carrying 183 crew, 167 passengers and 3,000 tons of general cargo. It was one of 27 vessels in convoy OB- 216, being escorte

Type:: Liner
Period:: 1940
Coordinates:: 55.94°N, 8.16°W

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