MV Dara
British passenger & cargo liner that traded in the Indian Ocean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MV Dara was a British passenger ship, built in 1948 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland.[4] She travelled mostly between the Persian Gulf and the Indian subcontinent, carrying expatriate passengers who were employed in the nations of the Gulf.[5]
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Name | Dara |
Namesake | Dara Island[1] |
Owner | British India SN Co[2] |
Port of registry | London[2] |
Route | Bombay – Persian Gulf[3] |
Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch[2] |
Yard number | 711[1] |
Launched | 17 December 1947[1] |
Completed | June 1948[2] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | D-class passenger and cargo ship |
Tonnage | 5,030 GRT, 2,766 NRT, 4,465 DWT[1] |
Length | |
Beam | 54.8 ft (16.7 m)[2] |
Draught | 21 ft 11+3⁄4 in (6.70 m)[2] |
Depth | 23.6 ft (7.2 m)[2] |
Decks | 2[2] |
Installed power | 4,200 bhp (3,100 kW)[1] |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h)[1] |
Capacity | passengers: 20 × 1st class; 30 × A 2nd class; 24 × B 2nd class; 1,377 deck class[1] |
Crew | 132 |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding, echo sounding device, radar[2] |
Notes | sister ships: Dumra, Dwarka, Daressa[3] |
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After a powerful explosion on 8 April 1961, Dara caught fire and sank in the Persian Gulf on 10 April 1961. The disaster killed 238 of the 819 people aboard at the time, including 19 officers and 113 crew.[6] Another 565 people were rescued in an operation by a British Landing Ship, Tank, three Royal Navy ships, and several British and foreign merchant ships.[7][8]