Name

BI Service

Gross tons

Notes

GWALIOR

1900-1911

4219

See ZAYATHLA 1899

IKHONA

1900-1905

5252

Proposed name IKAUNA, Pas: 6 cabin, 2000 deck. 1905 sunk by Russian cruiser 150 miles North of Hong Kong during Russo-Japanese war.

ISLANDA

1900-1917

5237

Pas: 6. 1917 wrecked in gale near Malta

ITINDA

1900-1918

5203

Pas: 6 1st, 16 2nd, 1154 steerage. 1918 torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean by U 47

ISMAILA

1900-1922

5265

1922 sold to Japan renamed TOMI MARU, sold again in 1925 and 1930 withouy change of name, 1934 scrapped

ITOLA

1900-1922

5203

Pas: 8 1st, 16 2nd, 1488 steerage. 1922 sold to Japan, renamed Hakuho MARU, 1931 scrapped

ITRIA

1901-1918

5267

Proposed name INDWARA, Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 2050 steerage. 1918 sunk in collision in Mediterranean with ss CLAN CHISHOLM

BHADRA

1901-1919

599

Pas: 8. Built in 1896 as BHADRA for D. Macneill & Co, Calcutta, 1901 purchased not renamed, used for River Hooghly service, 1919 scrapped.

SANGOLA

1901-1923

5149

Pas: 6 1st, 16 2 nd, 1923 sold to Japan, renamed GOSHU MARU, 1933 scrapped

SHIRALA

1901-1918

5238

Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1421 steerage. 1918 torpedoed and sunk by UB 57 in English Channel

HINDU

1901-1923

770

Pas: 12 1st, 8 2nd, 687 deck. Built as Hindu in 1894 for D. Macneill & Co, Calcutta, 1901 purchased by BI not renamed, served in1917 as patrol vessel, 1923 scrapped

SANTHIA

1901-1923

5151

Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1377 steerage. 1923 sold to Japan, renamed SAKA MARU, 1935 scrapped

SATARA

1901-1910

5156

Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1107 steerage. 1910 wrecked on Seal Rocks Australia.

DAMUDA

1901-1958

150

Waterboat Calcutta

SURADA

1902-1918

5236

Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1421 steerage. 1918 torpedoed and sunk at Port Said. By UC 74 (last merchant ship to be lost in WWI)

SEALDA

1902-1923

5382

Proposed name SELMA, Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1376 steerage. 1923 sold for scrapping but resold for futher trading, 1925 scrapped

SOFALA

1902-1923

5381

Pas: 9 1st, 16 2nd, 1376 steerage. 1923 sold to Japan renamed, RYUOH MARU, 1935 scrapped

TARA

1902-1927

6322

Pas: 38 1st, 32 2nd, 1545 steerage. 1927 sold for scrap, 1928 scrapped in Japan

TAROBA

1902-1924

6309

Pas: 38 1st, 32 2nd, 1547 steerage. 1924 scrapped in Italy

BANGALA

1902-1924

3933

Pas: 41 1st, 36 2nd, 2438 deck. 1924 sold to Japan, renamed Taizan MARU, 1939 sold same name, 1942 lost by collision in Yellow Sea

BHARATA

1903-1923

4039

Pas: 42 1st, 32 2nd, 2438 deck. 1923 sold to Japan, renamed HARADA MARU, 1939 sold same name, 1951 scrapped

BIHARA

1903-1905

3935

Pas: 38 1st, 36 2nd, 2400 deck. 1905 wrecked on reef in Bay of Bengal

YAMUNA

1903-1904

8831

Pas: 100 1st, 48 2nd, 800 deck. 1904 sold to Cunard Line, renamed Slavonia, 1909 wrecked.

TEESTA

1903-1927

6296

Pas: 38 1st, 32 2nd, 2794 steerage. 1927 sold for scrap, 1928 scrapped in Japan

THONGWA

1903-1924

6298

Pas: 38 1st, 32 2nd, 2800 deck. 1924 scrapped in Italy

WAIPARA

1904-1923

5505

Pas: 38 1st, 32 2nd, 338 steerage. Built in 1903 as PORT JACKSON forW. Millburn & Co., 1904 purchased by BI renamed WAIPARA, 1923 scrapped

LHASA

1904-1925

2171

Pas: 25 1st, 22 2nd, 1215 deck. 1925 scrapped at Bombay

LINGA

1904-1925

2171

Pas: 25 1st, 22 2nd, 1236 deck. 1925 scrapped at Bombay

LUNKA

1905-1924

2171

Pas: 39 1st, 22 2nd, 1220 deck. 1924 scrapped at Bombay

LAMA

1905-1923

2175

Pas: 39 1st, 22 2nd, 1164 deck. 1923 sold to Williamson & Co, Hong Kong, 1923 rebuilt and re-engined with dieselmotor sold to Skibs A/S Nidaros reamed SVALE, sold several times not renamed, 1934 wrecked on Breakwater Reef in Mouth of Min River

CARPENTARIA

1905-1924

5766

Pas: 4, 300 steerage. Built as Gulf of CARPENTARIA in 1901 for the Gulf Line, Greenock, 1905 purchased by BI renamed CARPENTARIA , 1924 sold to S.Censini, Genoa, renamed VEGA, 1925 sold renamed MAR BIANCO, 1938 renamed CAPO NORD, 1939 scrapped

AMARAPOORA

1905-1915

192

Paddle steamer built as TIGRIS in 1882 for Indian Marine Service, 1905 purchased by BI rebuilt renamed AMARAPOORA, 1915 scrapped

OUEDA

1905-1923

7703

1923 sold to T. Campanella, Genoa not renamed, 1924 scrapped

QUERIMBA

1905-1923

7696

1923 sold to E. Bozzo & L. Mortola, Genoa renamed MARIA ENRICA, 1933 scrapped at Genoa

QUILOA

1905-1923

7697

1923 sold to Japan renamed KOBE MARU, 1924 badly damaged after stranding, refloated and scrapped

CANARA

1905-1932

6012

Pas: 11. 1932 scrapped in Italy

COLABA

1906-1925

6019

Pas: 11. 1925 sold to G. Bibolini, Genoa, renamed Marigola, 1941 torpedoed and wrecked off Kuriat Island by British submarines, wreck later scrapped

CHANDA

1906-1925

6168

Pas: 12. 1925 sold to T. Campanella., Genoa, renamed Pietro Campanella, 1941 detained at Baltimore by USA renamed EQUIPOISE, 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U 160 off Cape Hatteras

CHUPRA

1906-1924

6173

Pas: 12. 1924 sold to Japan, renamed Shunsho MARU, 1937 sold same name, 1938 renamed SYUNSYO MARU, 1945 renamed SHUNSHO MARU, 1949 sold not renamed, 1952 sold idem, 1953 scrapped

REWA

1906-1918

7267

Pas: 100 1st, 65 2nd, 1543 troops. 1918 torpedoed and sunk in Bristol Channel while serving as hospital ship

ROHILLA

1906-1914

7400

Pas: 100 1st, 67 2nd, 1914 wrecked near Whitby while serving as hospital ship

CULNA

1907-1923

6143

Pas: 16. 1923 sold Japan renamed Ryujin MARU, 1939 renamed RYUZIN MARU, 1942 torpedoed and sunk by USS Grayling off Osumi

CHYEBASSA

1907-1938

6249

Pas: 16. 1938 scrapped in Italy

MAZAGON

1907-1913

4997

Built as MAZAGON in 1894 for P & O, 1907 purchased by BI not renamed, 1913 sold to Japan renamed TEIKOKU MARU, 1916 sold not renamed, 1918 sold to French Government renamed SAINT NICOLAS, 1922 laid up, 1922 while in tow by tug, she broke away from the tug and went ashore, refloated and scrapped in 1923 at Brest

BERBERA

1908-1917

4352

Built as NIDDERDALE in 1905 for the Dale Line, Liverpool, 1908 purchased by BI renamed BERBERA, 1914 torpedoed and sunk by U 64 near Straits of Messina

AILSA

1908-1917 & 1919-1954

187

Tender Rangoon, 1917 sold to Government of Burma, 1919 repurchased, 1954 sold to Sulleman Mayet

PITMILLY

1908-1935

112

Launch Calcutta, 1935 sold to Hoare, Miller & Co.

ROOPNARAIN

1908-1950

142

Waterboat Calcutta, 1950 sold to Nilmoney Sen, Calcutta

PEGU

1908-1931

112

Launch Rangoon, 1931 sold to E. Solomon & Sons

MAYMYO

1908-1942

112

Tender Rangoon, 1942 war loss

VESAVA

1909-1936

127

Waterboat Bombay, 1936 transferred to Mazagon Dock Co., 1960 sold, 1962 scrapped