Builder:

Barclay Curle & Co. Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Yard Number:

720

Date of Build:

1952

Vessel Name:

S/S Uganda

Type of Vessel:

Passenger / Cargo ocean liner

Date Launched:

15^th January 1952

Launched by:

Lady Hall,

(Wife of Sir John Hathorn Hall who was the

Maiden Voyage:

2nd August 1952:

London - Gibraltar - Port Said - Suez Canal - Aden - Mombasa -Tanga - Zanzibar - Dar es Salaam - Beira

Final Commercial Voyage:

4th April 1985:

Port Stanley (Falkland Islands) - Ascension - Falmouth

Final Voyage:

20th May 1986:

Falmouth to Kaoshiung, Taiwan for scrapping via Port Said, the Suez Canal and Aden.

Date Scrapped:

Flag:

British

Port of Registry:

London, England, UK

Original Owners / Operators:

British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (British India Line), London

Length:

539.8 ft

Breadth:

71.4 ft

Draft:

25 ft

Gross Registered Tonnage:

14, 430 tonnes

Power:

Parsons Steam Turbines, developing 12, 300 shaft horse power driving twin screws

Maximum Speed:

Service Speed:

16 knots

Passengers & Crew:

167 First Class, 133 Tourist Class and 287 crew