SS Mutlah

History
Name: SS Mutlah
Owner:
  • Nourse Line (1907-1921)
  • Soc di Nav Latina (1921-1923)
  • Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav (1923)
Port of registry:
Builder:
Launched: 1907
Fate: Disappeared 29 December 1923
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship
Tonnage: 3641 gross register tons
Length: 106.56 m (349 ft 7 in)
Beam: 13.41 m (44 ft0 in)
Draught: 5.91 m (19 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engine 425 hp (317 kW), one shaft
Speed: 12 knots

SS Mutlah was a 3,393-ton steamship built for the Nourse Line in about 1906 by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow, Scotland. She had triple expansion, 425-nhp (317-Kw) steam engines driving a single screw.

Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage
Trinidad 4 September1907 844 11
Trinidad 4 September 1908 415 7
Suriname 2 May 1909 834 n/a
Trinidad 29 August 1909 832 8
Trinidad 7 October 1910 770 13
Trinidad 25 January 1911 842 9
Fiji 22 May 1911 834 n/a
Fiji 18 August 1911 863 n/a
Trinidad 28 December 1911 705 2
Suriname 14 May 1912 842 9
Trinidad 14 October 1912 445 1
Trinidad 5 February 1913 317 2
Suriname 23 June 1913 n/a n/a
Trinidad 26 November 1913 209 0
Trinidad 20 January 1914 279 0
Fiji 7 May 1915 852 n/a
Fiji 1 August 1915 812 n/a

Mutlah caught fire at Naples, Italy, and sank on 24 March 1920.[1] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

In 1921 she was purchased by Soc di Nav Latina, Naples, Italy. In 1923 she was purchased by Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav, Genoa, Italy.[2]

On 29 December 1923 she was in the Mediterranean Sea west-southwest of Sardinia on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of grain when she sent a distress signal, reporting her position as 38°40′N 006°34′E / 38.667°N 6.567°E / 38.667; 6.567 (SS Multah). She then disappeared without trace. She is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (42368). London. 25 March 1920. col D, p. 25.
  2. ↑ wrecksite.eu SS Mutlah (+1923)
  3. ↑ "Reinsurance rates". The Times (43549). London. 15 January 1924. col E, p. 18.

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