Ally
Deckhand
Built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow,
Yard No 720
Engines by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, WallsendLast Name: TRITON
Previous Names: (Karatina)
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Six Parsons steam turbines, 12300shp, single reduction geared to twin screws, 16 knots.
Launched: Tuesday, 15 January 1952
Built: 1952
Ship Type: Passenger Liner
Ship's Role: UK/East Africa service, later Educational Cruising
Tonnage: 14430 gross; 8034 net; 9630 dwt
Length: 539ft 9in
Breadth: 71ft 5in
Draught: 27ft 5in
Owner History:
British India Steam Navigation Company London
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 15/07/1986, Kaohsiung
Remarks:
15/01/1952: Launched by Lady Hall, wife of Sir John Hathorn Hall, retired Governor of Uganda, then a British territory in East Africa. It had originally been intended to name her KARATINA.
16/07/1952: Delivered to the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London, after trials, when she achieved 19.52 knots. She could originally accommodate 167 First Class and 133 Tourist Class passengers.
02/08/1952: Maiden voyage London/Beira.
05/04/1967: Arrived at Hamburg to be converted by Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, into an educational cruise ship at a cost of £2,800,000. Tonnages now 16,907 gross, 8,827 net; 5,695 tons deadweight; 306 cabin passengers and 920 dormitory berths.
15/02/1968: Redelivered after refit.
27/02/1968: Sailed from Southampton on her first voyage in her new role.
01/10/1971: Management and operation transferred to P&O Passenger Division, but she retained BI livery.
05/12/1972: Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London.
10/04/1982: Requisitioned for service with the Falklands Task Force.
13/04/1982: Discharged her children and passengers at Naples. She proceeded to Gibraltar where she was converted for use as a hospital ship with 136 medical staff.
19/04/1982: Sailed for the South Atlantic. Nicknamed 'Mother Hen', she operated in conjunction with three Royal Navy survey ships converted to ambulance carriers.
12/05/1982: The first casualties, from the destroyer HMS SHEFFIELD, were landed on station in the Falklands by helicopter. During the two
month period UGANDA served as a hospital ship she treated 730 casualties, of whom 150 were Argentine prisoners; and 504 operations were carried out.
13/07/1982: Red crosses painted out and became a troopship.
09/08/1982: Returned to Southampton carrying troops. Extensively refitted by Smith’s Shiprepairers North Shields Ltd, at North Shields.
25/09/1982: Returned to commercial service.
11/1982: Chartered for a further two years as a store ship to operate between Ascension and the Falklands, pending completion of a new airport.
14/01/1983: Sailed for Falklands after new helicopter deck fitted at Southampton.
11~12/1983: Refitted at Falmouth.
25/04/1985: Arrived at Falmouth at the end of her charter.
04/05/1985: Laid up in the River Fal.
11/02/1986: P&O Lines Ltd appointed managers.
29/04/1986: Sold to Triton Shipping Co, St Vincent, and renamed TRITON.
20/05/1986: Sailed from the River Fal.
15/07/1986: Arrived at Kaohsiung for demolition by An Hsiung Iron and Steel Co Ltd. Anchored outside the port subject to possible resale.
22/08/1986: Driven aground by the typhoon 'Wayne'. Reported lying on her side as late as March 1992, she is believed to have been subsequently broken up.
Yard No 720
Engines by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, WallsendLast Name: TRITON
Previous Names: (Karatina)
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Six Parsons steam turbines, 12300shp, single reduction geared to twin screws, 16 knots.
Launched: Tuesday, 15 January 1952
Built: 1952
Ship Type: Passenger Liner
Ship's Role: UK/East Africa service, later Educational Cruising
Tonnage: 14430 gross; 8034 net; 9630 dwt
Length: 539ft 9in
Breadth: 71ft 5in
Draught: 27ft 5in
Owner History:
British India Steam Navigation Company London
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 15/07/1986, Kaohsiung
Remarks:
15/01/1952: Launched by Lady Hall, wife of Sir John Hathorn Hall, retired Governor of Uganda, then a British territory in East Africa. It had originally been intended to name her KARATINA.
16/07/1952: Delivered to the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London, after trials, when she achieved 19.52 knots. She could originally accommodate 167 First Class and 133 Tourist Class passengers.
02/08/1952: Maiden voyage London/Beira.
05/04/1967: Arrived at Hamburg to be converted by Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, into an educational cruise ship at a cost of £2,800,000. Tonnages now 16,907 gross, 8,827 net; 5,695 tons deadweight; 306 cabin passengers and 920 dormitory berths.
15/02/1968: Redelivered after refit.
27/02/1968: Sailed from Southampton on her first voyage in her new role.
01/10/1971: Management and operation transferred to P&O Passenger Division, but she retained BI livery.
05/12/1972: Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London.
10/04/1982: Requisitioned for service with the Falklands Task Force.
13/04/1982: Discharged her children and passengers at Naples. She proceeded to Gibraltar where she was converted for use as a hospital ship with 136 medical staff.
19/04/1982: Sailed for the South Atlantic. Nicknamed 'Mother Hen', she operated in conjunction with three Royal Navy survey ships converted to ambulance carriers.
12/05/1982: The first casualties, from the destroyer HMS SHEFFIELD, were landed on station in the Falklands by helicopter. During the two
month period UGANDA served as a hospital ship she treated 730 casualties, of whom 150 were Argentine prisoners; and 504 operations were carried out.
13/07/1982: Red crosses painted out and became a troopship.
09/08/1982: Returned to Southampton carrying troops. Extensively refitted by Smith’s Shiprepairers North Shields Ltd, at North Shields.
25/09/1982: Returned to commercial service.
11/1982: Chartered for a further two years as a store ship to operate between Ascension and the Falklands, pending completion of a new airport.
14/01/1983: Sailed for Falklands after new helicopter deck fitted at Southampton.
11~12/1983: Refitted at Falmouth.
25/04/1985: Arrived at Falmouth at the end of her charter.
04/05/1985: Laid up in the River Fal.
11/02/1986: P&O Lines Ltd appointed managers.
29/04/1986: Sold to Triton Shipping Co, St Vincent, and renamed TRITON.
20/05/1986: Sailed from the River Fal.
15/07/1986: Arrived at Kaohsiung for demolition by An Hsiung Iron and Steel Co Ltd. Anchored outside the port subject to possible resale.
22/08/1986: Driven aground by the typhoon 'Wayne'. Reported lying on her side as late as March 1992, she is believed to have been subsequently broken up.
