SS Vaitarna
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SS Vaitarna in Grangemouth Docks, 1885
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| History | |
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| Name: | SS Vaitarna |
| Owner: | Shepherd & Co, Bombay |
| Operator: | Bombay Steamer Navigation Company |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Mandvi – Bombay |
| Builder: | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. |
| Yard number: | 86 |
| Laid down: | 1882 |
| Launched: | 1885 |
| Identification: | Official Number 90062 |
| Nickname(s): | Vijli |
| Fate: | Missing after 8 November 1888 and presumed sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Tonnage: | 292 GRT, 63 NRT, 258 under deck |
| Length: | 170.1 ft (51.85 m) |
| Beam: | 26.5 ft (8.08 m) |
| Depth: | 9.9 ft (3.02 m) |
| Installed power: | 73 hp |
| Propulsion: | Steam propulsion |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Notes: | as per Lloyd's Register of Shipping |
SS Vaitarna, popularly known as Vijli or Haji Kasam ni Vijli, was a steamship owned by A J Shepherd & Co, Bombay that disappeared on 8 November 1888 off the coast of Saurashtra region of Gujarat in cyclonic storm during a crossing from Mandvi to Bombay. More than 740 people on board went missing in the disaster. The incident resulted in creation of nautical lores and songs.
She was named Vaitarna after Vaitarna river of Bombay Presidency. She was nicknamed Vijli, literally electricity, as the ship was lighted with electric bulbs. The ship is often dubbed as the "Titanic of Gujarat" even though RMS Titanic sank 24 years later.
SS Vaitarna was the first steamship built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth and launched in 1885. She was schooner made of steel and took three years to complete. This screw steamer had three floors and twenty five cabins. She had a single funnel, two masts and a fore-and-aft rigged sail furled against the forward mast. Her register tonnage were 292 GRT, 63 NRT, and 258 under deck. Her compound steam engines had two cylinders with 21" diameter and had stroke of 42" and 30" generating 73 Horsepower. These engines were built by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow. She was owned by A J Shepherd & Co, Bombay and was registered in Glasgow. She was 170.1 feet long, 26.5 feet broad and 9.9 feet deep. It was brought to Karachi by traveling around Africa for maiden trip to Bombay.
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