SS Chenab
 U-boats U-2502 and U-2326, moored alongside Al Rawdah in 1945 |
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| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 1911 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1953 |
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| Tonnage: | 3,930 GRT |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engine, 425 nhp, single screw |
SS Chenab was a 3,930-ton GRT steamship built for the Nourse Line in 1911 by Cammell Laird & Company Limited, Birkenhead. She had single screw, triple expansion, 425 nhp engines.
Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
| Destination | Date of Arrival |
Number of Passengers |
Deaths During Voyage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad | 7 November 1911 | 451 | 3 |
| Trinidad | 7 March 1912 | 350 | 5 |
| Suriname | 8 July 1912 | n/a | n/a |
| British Guiana | 1912 | n/a | n/a |
| Trinidad | 8 November 1912 | 410 | 5 |
| Trinidad | 13 March 1913 | 96 | 0 |
| Suriname | 7 July 1913 | n/a | n/a |
| Fiji | 24 March 1914 | 855 | n/a |
| Trinidad | 12 September 1914 | 179 | 0 |
| Fiji | 16 June 1914 | 717 | |
| Fiji | 1 September 1916 | 717 | n/a |
| Trinidad | 10 December 1916 | 627 | 2 |
Chenab was sold in 1930 to the Khedivial Mail Line of Alexandria, and in 1931 resold to the Cie de Navigation Libano-Syrienne of Beirut and renamed Ville de Beyrouth. By 1936 she owned by the Societe Orientale de Navigation of Beirut, and in 1939 was renamed Al Rawdah.[1]
In 1940 the ship was requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport, serving as Al Rawdah under the management of the British-India Steam Navigation Company.[2]Al Rawdah was moored in Strangford Lough near Killyleagh in 1940, and was used as a prison ship for Irish republican internees.[3] By early 1945 Al Rawdah was stationed in Holy Loch[4] being used as an accommodation ship attached to the 3rd Submarine Flotilla.[5] She was returned to the Khedivial Mail Line in 1946, and was finally scrapped at Rosyth in 1953.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Khedivial Mail Line". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "British-India Fleet list". biship.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Second World War in Northern Ireland". ww2ni.webs.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Dorset Submariners: HMS Sidon". dorsetsubmariners.org.uk. 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ Houterman, Hans (2012). "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 (H)". unithistories.com. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
