Name

BI Service

Gross tons

Notes

HATIPARA

1920-1939

8182

See WAR LANCE 1919.

GAMARIA

1920-1949

5255

Laid down as WAR LLAMA in 1920 for the British Government but completed as GAMARIA for BI, 1949scrapped at Rosyth

GAZANA

1920-1949

5284

1949 scrapped at Blyth

GARBETA

1920-1939

5327

Laid down as WAR FLY in 1920 for the British Government but completed as GARBETA for BI, 1939 dragged anchors and lost

SIRSA

1920-1952

5445

Pas: 9 cabin, 650 deck. 1952 sold to Wheelock, Marden & Co., Hong Kong, resold to Japan renamed TAIHEI MARU, 1960 scrapped

GARMULA

1920-1942

5254

Laid down as WAR REYNARD in 1920 for the British Government but completed as GARMULA for BI, 1942 torpedoed and sunk by U 752

GOZARIA

never under BI colours

5220

Laid down as WAR PIKE in 1918 for the British Government intented name GOZARIA for BI but before actual taken over the ship was sunk after an explosion

BHADRA

1920-1929

600

Pas: 4 1st, 650 deck. 1929 sold to Zanzibar renamed KHALIFA, 1936 sold to Greece renamed PYLAROS, 1941 bombed and sunk at Galaxion

SURADA

1920-1944

5427

Pas: 9 cabin, 650 deck. 1944 torpedoed and sunk in Arabian Sea by U 188

CHANTALA

1920-1941

3129

Pas: 10 1st, 38 2nd, 1503 deck. 1941 mined and sunk off Tobruk, wreck raised and scrapped in 1951

MUNDRA

1920-1942

7275

Pas: 12. 1942 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I 18 off Santa Lucia Bay, Natal

MASHOBRA

1920-1940

8288

Pas: 66 or 86 1st, 68 or 38 2nd, 1933 129 one class. 1940 bombed, beached and destroyed in evacuation of Narvik, Norway

MANELA

1921-1946

8303

Pas: 67 or 88 1st, 68 or 38 2nd, 1933 135 one class. 1946 scrapped in Holland

NIRPURA

1921-1943

5961

Pas: 6. 1943 torpedoed and sunk off West Africa by U 160

NAGINA

1921-1943

6551

Pas: 8. 1943 torpedoed and sunk by U 515 south of Freetown

MADURA

1921-1953

8975

Pas: 103 or 67 1st, 41 or 77 2nd, 1927 127 or 91 1st, 1933 170 one class, 1946 176 one class

MODASA

1921-1954

8986

Pas: 103 or 67 1st, 45 or 81 2nd, 1925 133 or 97 1st, 1933 178 one class, 1946 183 one class. 1953 scrapped at Inverkeithing

DOMALA

1921-1940

8441

Pas: 60 or 83 1st, 71 or 41 2nd, 1928 111 one clas, 1934 138 one class. Launched as MAGNAVA but completed as DOMALA, 1940 bombed by German aircraft near Isle of Wight, 1941 wreck purchased by British Government rebuilt as cargoship renamed EMPIRE ATTENDANT, 1942 torpedoed and sunk by U 582 off Rio de Oro

MANTOLA

1921-1953

8963

Pas: 103 or 67 1st, 41 or 77 2nd, 1927 127 or 91 1st, 1933 168 one class, 1946 176 one class. 1953 scrapped at Blyth

CHILKA

1922-1942

4360

Pas: 22 or 8 1st, 15 or 29 2nd, 3031 deck. 1942 sunk by shellfire from Japanese submarine I 2

DHARACOTTAH

1922-1933

237

Built as DHARACOTTAH in 1915 for Madura & Co, tender, 1922 purchased by BI not renamed,1936 sold to Scindia SN Co, renamed Kutubtari, 1944 lost by stranding

MALDA

1922-1942

8965

Pas: 103 or 67 1st, 41 or 77 2nd, 1927 127 or 91 1st, 1933 180 one class. 1942 sunk by Japanese warships in Bay of Bengal

MATIANA

1922-1952

8965

Pas: 103 or 67 1st, 41 or 77 2nd, 1927 127 or 91 1st, 1933 168 one class, 1946 180 one class. 1952 scrapped at Briton Ferry

MULBERA

1922-1954

9100

Pas: 114 or 78 1st, 44 or 80 2nd, 1933 168 one class, 1946 180 one class. 1954 scrapped at Inverkeithing

ETHIOPIA

1922-1949

5575

Pas: 50 1st, 49 2nd, 2557 deck. 1949 scrapped at Bombay

NALGORA

1922-1941

6579

Pas: 8. 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U 65

HOWRA

1922-1948

6709

1948 scrapped

DUMRA

1922-1943

2304

Pas: 20 1st, 24 2nd, 306 deck. 1943 torpedoed and sunk by U 198 off Santa lucia Bay

DURENDA

1922-1956

7241

1956 sold to Paramount Shipping Corp., Monrovia renamed ELENE, 1958 scrapped at Odense

LADY BLAKE

1922-1930

1097

Pas: 20 1st, 24 2nd. Built in 1908 as LADY BLAKE for Ceylon Steam Ship Co., 1922 purchased by BI not renamed, 1930 scrapped at Bombay

DWARKA

1922-1937

2328

Pas: 20 1st, 24 2nd, 306 deck. 1935 grounded refloated but heavy damaged, 1937 scrapped

DUMANA

1923-1943

8428

Pas: 60 or 83 1st, 77 or 47 2nd, 1928 111 one clas, 1934 140 one class. Launched as MELMA but completed as DUMANA, 1943 torpedoed and sunk by U 515

NARINGA

1923-1948

6607

Pas: 8. 1948 damaged after fire and scrapped

KHANDALLA

1923-1951

7018

Pas: 60 1st, 68 2nd, 1061 deck. 1951 scrapped at Dalmuir

DALGOMA

1923-1946

5952

Pas: 6. 1946 scrapped at Ghent

TALMA

1923-1949

10000

Pas: 60 1st, 74 2nd, 3156 deck. 1949 scrapped at Inverheithing

KISTNA

1924-1951

1466

Pas: 4. 1951 sold to Heap Eng Moh SS Co., Singapore renamed GIANG BEE, 1960 sold to Panama renamed KIM HWA, 1964 sold renamed ROMEO, 1965 sold renamed SINOE, 1966 renamed ROMEO, 1966 sold renamed KING HORSE, 1971 scrapped

TILAWA

1924-1942

10006

Pas: 60 1st, 74 2nd, 3156 deck. 1942 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I 29 in Indian Ocean

TAIREA

1924-1952

7934

Pas: 56 1st, 80 2nd, 3262 deck. 1952 scrapped at Blyth

KOLA

1924-1951

1538

Pas: 6. 1951 sold to China Shipping Co., Hong Kong not renamed, 1952 renamed SAN ERNESTO, 1961 renamed SAN MAYON, 1965 sold to Panama same name, 1968 renamed TORRO, 1968 sold renamed WING SANG, 1969 scrapped at Hong Kong

TAKLIWA

1924-1945

7936

Pas: 56 1st, 80 2nd, 3302 deck. 1945 stranded and burnt out Nicobar Islands

TALAMBA

1924-1943

8018

Pas: 56 1st, 72 2nd, 2777 deck. 1943 bombed and sunk off Sicily by German aircraft while operating as hospital ship

OUEDA

1925-1949

7766

Pas: 12. 1949 scrapped at Bo"ness

SANTHIA

1925-1943

7753

Pas: 23 1st, 24 2nd, 2842 deck. 1943 caught fire and capsized in River Hooghly

QUERIMBA

1925-1951

7769

Pas: 10. 1951 sold to Japan renamedKIZAN MARU, 1955 sold and rebuilt as fish factory ship, 1966 scrapped

SHIRALA

1925-1951

7840

Pas: 30 1st, 32 2nd, 2950 deck. 1951 scrapped at Blyth

QUILOA

1925-1941

7765

1941 bombed by German aircraft and beached, wreck after 1945 demolished

SIRDHANA

1925-1939

7745

Pas: 30 1st, 32 2nd, 2914 deck. 1939 entered British minefield by accident in Singapore Roads and sank, wreck after the war removed

ROHNA

1926-1943

8602

Pas: 28 1st, 33 2nd, 100 rd, 5064 (later 3851) deck. 1943 hit by radio-controlled bomb and sank off Bougie in the Mediterranean while trooping

RAJULA

1926-1973

8478

Pas: 30 1st, 30 2nd, 92 rd, 5113 (later 3622) deck. 1973 sold to Shipping Corporation of India, renamed RANGAT, 1974 laid up, 1974 scrapped

JUNA

1927-1941

2190

Pas: 10 1st, 12 2nd, 742 deck. 1939 requistioned by British Admiralty renamed FIONA, 1941 bombed and sunk in Mediterranean while serving as Naval convoy escort ship

SAAID

1928-1929

279

Launch Calcutta, built in 1913, 1928 purchased by BI, 1929 sold, 1961 scrapped

KALAKA

1928-1942

103

Tender, built in 1914, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

LEMYO

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1900, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

MAYU

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1900, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

MYNWA

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1923, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

PADU

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1912, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

PETHA

1928-1942

103

Tender, built in 1914, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

PINLAY

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1921, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

SABATU

1928-1942

Passenger launch Burma, built in 1912, 1928 purchased by BI, 1942 war loss

KAYAN

1928-1942

148

Launch Rangoon, 1942 war loss