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HMHS Nevasa
SS Nevasa was built in 1912, by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for British India Steam Navigation Co. She was 9,071 gross tons, length 480.5ft x beam 58.1ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 128-1st and 98-2nd class pasengers. Launched 12th Dec.1912
She started her maiden voyage from London to East Africa and Calcutta on 22nd March 1913. In Aug 1914 she was taken over and converted to a troopship, and from Jan 1915 to 1918 was fitted as a 660 bed hospital ship.
- Medical Staff strength.
Officers:6
Nurses:12
Other:52
- Accommodation capacity.
Cots:254
Berths:460
The ship was used in the East Africa, Persian Gulf, Salonika and Mesopotamia campaigns. Later in 1918 she was used as a North Atlantic as a troopship, ferrying US troops and later repatriating Allied forces. In late 1919 she resumed commercial service on the UK - East Africa and UK - Calcutta services.
In 1925 she was rebuilt as a permanent troopship with capacity for 1,000 men. In 1935-37 she carried out a series of off-season educational cruises for the School Journey's Association, London and in 1937 attended the Spithead Coronation Naval Review. Between 1939 and 1945 she was used to carry troops between the UK, India, Basra, Madagascar and for the Normandy Landings. She resumed commercial service in 1946 but was basically a troopship. In Jan 1948 laid up in the River Blackwater and was then scrapped at Bo'ness.
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