SS Mulbera

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History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Mulbera
Owner	British-India Steam Navigation Company
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched	14 February 1922[1]
Acquired	June 1922
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 7 April 1954[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage	9,100 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	483 ft (147 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, twin screws
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Capacity	158 passengers (78 first class, 80 second class)

SS Mulbera was a British ocean liner owned by the British-India Steam Navigation Company or "BI", built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Glasgow, Scotland and delivered to the company in June 1922.

She sailed on the East African run which was (London to Marseilles, Port Said, Port Sudan, Aden, Mombasa, and a turnaround at Beira). She then later sailed on the Indian trade which was (London to Tangier, Malta, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Madras, ending at Calcutta). The Beira run took thirty-days while the Calcutta run took thirty-days. In 1924 the newly married Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) boarded her at Marseilles for their voyage to East Africa. On 4 June 1942 she rescued survivors from SS Iron Crown ( Australia) torpedoed by I-27 ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in Bass Strait off Cape Howe 44 miles from Gabo Island, New South wales, Australia (

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References[]

"Imperial Submarines". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 26 November 2014.