Looking for SS MOOLTAN

[Jake Wade]

Go to the Ships List at www.theshipslist.com
MOOLTAN 1923
20,847 gross tons, length 600.8ft x beam 73.4ft (183.11m x 22.38m), two
funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 16 knots, accommodation for 327-1st
and 329-2nd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, she was
launched for the P&O Line on 15th Feb.1923 and sailed from London on her
maiden voyage via Suez to Colombo, Melbourne and Sydney on 21st Dec.1923. In
1929 Bombay was added to her route and in 1939 she was converted to an Armed
Merchant Cruiser, based at Freetown. She became a troopship in 1941 and was
used trooping from Bombay and in Nov.1942 was present at the North African
landings at Arzeu. Refitted in 1948 with accommodation for 1,030-tourist
class passengers, she returned to the Australia trade in August. In Jan.1954
she was sold and scrapped at Faslane. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws,
vol.1, P&O Line]



Jake

[Bob, remove cap to reply]

Coincidentally I have in front of me here a printout of the SS Mooltan's
arrival in Southampton in Aug 1949 that I printed off yesterday.
The SS Mooltan seems a regular feature on the National Archive's migration
index on the Brisbane-Southampton route. The "Moving Here" search page
contains free images of the passenger manifests for ships arriving in the
UK at various times - IME I have had good results in the post-war period.
The manifests also give the intended address of the person, and where their
ultimate destination is.
<http://www.movinghere.org.uk>
Entering "Mooltan" also gives several references to pictures with a
reference of NMM - presumably located in the National Maritime Museum.

Bob

Post by Jake Wade
Go to the Ships List at www.theshipslist.com
MOOLTAN 1923
20,847 gross tons, length 600.8ft x beam 73.4ft (183.11m x 22.38m), two
funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 16 knots, accommodation for 327-1st
and 329-2nd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, she was
launched for the P&O Line on 15th Feb.1923 and sailed from London on her
maiden voyage via Suez to Colombo, Melbourne and Sydney on 21st Dec.1923. In
1929 Bombay was added to her route and in 1939 she was converted to an Armed
Merchant Cruiser, based at Freetown. She became a troopship in 1941 and was
used trooping from Bombay and in Nov.1942 was present at the North African
landings at Arzeu. Refitted in 1948 with accommodation for 1,030-tourist
class passengers, she returned to the Australia trade in August. In Jan.1954
she was sold and scrapped at Faslane. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws,
vol.1, P&O Line]
Jake

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[Carole]

There was an earlier P. & O. ship named MOOLTAN. My great-aunt (a
nursing sister) along with several hundred other Australian nurses
sailed on her to North Africa, enroute for Salonika in 1917 - where they
cared for injured/ill soldiers.

The MOOLTAN was torpedoed between Malta and Marseilles and sank -
thankfully with no loss of life. My great-aunt had disembarked at the
Suez Canal, little realising that this was to be the ship's last
journey,