Name

BI Service

Gross tons

Notes

KENYA

1930-1946

9890

Pas: 66 1st, 180 2nd, 1981 deck. 1940 requisitioned, renamed HMS Hydra later that year KEREN, 1946 sold to British Government and laid up, 1949 sold to Alva Steamship Co. renamed KENYA, 1949 renamed Fairstone, 1950 renamed KENYA, 1951 renamed KEREN, 1951 transferred to Sitmar Line and rebuilt renamed Castel Felice, 1970 sold for scrap, 1971 scrapped

KWEGU

1930-1940

156

Launch Arakan service, 1940 sold to Arakan Flotilla Co., 1942 war loss

KARANJA

1931-1942

9891

Pas: 66 1st, 180 2nd, 2329 deck. 1942 bombed and sunk off Algeria by German aircraft

DEVON

1934-1941

9025

Pas: 300 steerage. Built as DEVON in 1915 for Federal S.N. Co., 1934 purchased by BI not renamed, 1941 captured and sunk by German raider Komet south west of the Galapos Islands

DILWARA

1936-1960

12555

Pas: 104 1st, 100 2nd, 164 3rd, 1154 troop, deck. 1950 Pas: 125 1st, 96 2nd, 104 3rd, 790 troop, deck. 1960 243 1st and 1669 pelgrims. 1960 sold to China Navigation Co, renamed Kuala Lumpur, 1971 sold for scrap, 1972 scrapped

DUNERA

1937-1967

12615

Pas: 104 1st, 100 2nd, 164 3rd, 1157 troop, deck. 1951 Pas: 123 1st, 95 2nd, 100 3rd, 831 troop, deck. 1961 187 cabin and 834 children. 1967 scrapped in Spain

SOFALA

1937-1955

1031

1955 sold to African Coasters, Durban renamed VOORLOPER, 1968 sold renamed SINCERE ORIENT, 1993 deleted from Lloyd’s register

ITINDA

1938-1959

6619

Pas: 64 cabin and 668 deck. 1959 sold to Clipper Steam Ship Co. renamed ALINTA, 1959 sold to China renamed HO PING SAN SHI SSU ( HO PING 34), 1967 renamed ZHAN DOU 34, 1992 deleted from Lloyd’s register

ORNA

1938-1969

6779

Pas: 57 cabin and 633 deck. 1969 scrapped at Hong Kong

INDORA

1938-1942

6622

1942 sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships in Bay of Bengal

AMRA

1938-1965

8313

Pas: 45 1st, 110 2nd, 2327 deck. 1965 scrapped in Keelung

WAROONGA

1939-1943

9365

Pas: 5 1 st and 1066 steereage. Ex HORORATA built in 1914 for New Zealand Shipping Co. 1939 purchased by BI renamed WAROONGA, 1943 torpedoed and sunk by U 630 south east of Cape Farewell

ASKA

1939-1940

8322

Pas: 45 1st, 110 2nd, 2327 deck. 1940 bombed and sunk in Western Approaches by German aircraft