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SS Sangola

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Builder
  
Wm Denny & Bros

Tonnage
  
5,149 GT

Launched
  
1901

Fate
  
Scrapped 1933

Beam
  
50.7 ft (15.5 m)

Length
  
125 m

Name
  
Sangola (1901–1923) Goshu Maru (1923–1933)

Owner
  
British India Steam Navigation Company (1901–1923) Fukuhara Kisen (1923–1933)

SS Sangola was a merchant ship of 5,149 gross register tons launched in 1901. She was owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company

From 1908 to 1910 Sangola made six voyages to Fiji bringing Indian indentured labourers from Calcutta and Madras as shown in the table below.

In September 1914 she carried troops between India and Marseilles and was sold to Japanese owners in June 1923. Renamed Goshu Maru, she served her Japanese owners until 1933, when she was scrapped in Japan.

References

SS Sangola Wikipedia