INDRA (1) was built in
1888 by T. Royden & Sons at Liverpool with a tonnage of
3582grt, a length of 361ft 10in, a beam of 44ft and a service
speed of 10 knots. She was delivered to Thomas Royden with McVicar,
Marshall & Co. of Liverpool as managers. She was the ship
that provided 'Indra Line' as a fleet identity and traded to
India. In 1891 she was chartered by Tyser & Co. for their
service to India with a general cargo outward and wool on the
return, a contract which started a close relationship between
the two companies. T.B. Royden & Sons became the managers
in 1894. She was sold to W. Thompson & Sons of Dundee in
1896 and in compliance with that company's policy of having
their ship's names ending in 'ona', was renamed Kildona. She
was operated by S.S. Kildona & Co., acquired by Cunard in
1910, on their Clyde to Canada service. In December 1907 she
was wrecked.
INDRANI (1) was built in
1888 by T. Royden & Sons at Liverpool with a tonnage of
3640grt, a length of 361ft 10in, a beam of 44ft 4in and a service
speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Indra she was delivered to
Thomas Royden in 1888. She was sold to Donaldson Bros. in 1892
for £38,250, without a change of name, and converted to
carry 314 head of live cattle on the main deck. On 27th June
1915 during a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal she was captured
and then torpedoed by U-24 off Tusker Light.
INDRAPURA (1) was built
in 1890 by T. Royden & Sons at Liverpool with a tonnage
of 3859grt, a length of 369ft 10in, a beam of 44ft 4in and a
service speed of 10 knots. The second sister of the Indra she
was the last ship built for Royden's at their own yard. In 1894
she was sold to Raeburn & Verel of Glasgow and renamed Westminster.
She was sold on to Ukon Gonzayemon of Tsuruga, Japan, later
restyled Ukon Shoji Kabusiki Kaisya, in 1906 and became the
Fukui Maru. By 1918 her owners were Uchida Kisen Kabusiki Kaisya
of Amagasaki, and in October 1921 she foundered in Japanese
waters.
INDRAMAYO (1) was built
in 1889 by London & Glasgow Shipbuilding & Engineering
Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 4110grt, a length of 400ft
2in, a beam of 45ft 1in and a service speed of 11 knots. The
first of two sister ships she was delivered in May 1889 with
McVicar, Marshall & Co. as managers. In 1892 she was chartered
by Tyser & Co. who had refrigerated cargo space installed
for the meat trade. She was sold to Houlder Bros. & Co.
in 1901 and was renamed Thorpe Grange. In 1925 she was the first
Houlder ship to unload a chilled meat cargo at Southampton.
She was laid up in 1929 and scrapped in in 1930.
INDRANI (2) was built in
1894 by Naval Construction & Armament Co. at Barrow with
a tonnage of 4994grt, a length of 400ft 2in, a beam of 48ft
2in and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister of the Indramayo,
her arrival meant that there were two ships registered with
the name Indrani. She was sold in 1894 to M. Naruse of Tarumi
and renamed Shinbu. In 1921 she was owned by G. Katsuda of Amagasaki
and later in that year by Taiyo Kaiun Kabusiki Kaisya of Kumihana,
retaining the same name. When the method of interpreting Japanese
spelling changed in 1930 from the Hepburn form to the Nikon
Shiki method she was renamed Jinbu Maru under the ownership
of Yagi Honten K.K. of Kumahami who equipped her to carry passengers
within the Inland Sea. She was renamed Zinbu Maru by her owners
in 1938 and became a war loss in 1942.
INDRALEMA (1) was built
in 1893 by C.S. Swan & Hunter at Newcastle with a tonnage
of 3150grt, a length of 330ft, a beam of 41ft 6in and a service
speed of 10 knots. The first of two sisters she was launched
on 23rd December 1893 for Indralema Steamship Co., with T.B.
Royden as managers, the practice still being to operate ships
as one ship companies. She entered service in the following
year on charter to Tyser & Co on their Australia run. On
20th April 1900 she was sold to the Ulster Steamship Co. of
Belfast with G. Heyne & Sons as managers and renamed Bray
Head. During a voyage from Newfoundland to Belfast in 1917 she
was sunk by gunfire from U-44 375 miles off Fastnet on 14th
March with the loss of 21 lives.
INDRADEVI (1) was built
in 1898 by J.Blumer & Co. at Sunderland with a tonnage of
2993grt, a length of 328ft, a beam of 47ft 10in and a service
speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Indralema she was launched
on 1st October 1898 but in the following year was sold to Houlder,
Middleton & Co. for operation by the Whitgift Steam Ship
Co and renamed Whitgift. She was sold to the Great Southern
Railway Co. of Buenos Aires in 1900 and was renamed Alfalfa
with A. Holland & Co. as managers. On 27th April 1917 whilst
carrying a cargo of coal from Newport, South Wales to Malta
she was sunk by U-32 30 miles west of the Scilly Islands with
the loss of her 30 crew members.
INDRAGHIRI (1) was built
in 1896 by Chas. Connell & Co. at Scotstoun, Glasgow with
a tonnage of 4927grt, a length of 400ft 5in, a beam of 48ft
2in and a service speed of 11 knots. The first of three sister
ships she was again owned by a single ship company of the same
name. In November 1910 she was sold to Vestey Bros. and renamed
Brodstone, the first of their fleet to be prefixed with 'Brod'.
When Blue Star Line Ltd was incorporated in 1912 they became
the managers of the Brodstone with ownership being retained
by the Brodstone Steam Ship Co. Her first voyage for them was
from Barry Docks with a cargo of coal for Shanghai where she
loaded frozen pork for the return journey. The venture was not
a success and she was consequently placed on the River Plate
service. During 1915 she was used as a food transport for the
British Expeditionary Force in France. On 15th August 1917,
during a voyage from Cardiff to Zarate in Argentine, she was
torpedoed by U-40 100 miles west of Ushant with the loss of
5 lives.
INDRAPURA (2) was built
in 1897 by Chas. Connell & Co. at Scotstoun, Glasgow with
a tonnage of 4899grt, a length of 400ft 5in, a beam of 48ft
2in and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister of the Indraghiri
she was sold, in 1911, to Osaka Shosen Kabusiki of Osaka for
trade to the Dutch East Indies and renamed Indo Maru. In 1926
she was sold to Ursubo Shosen of Fuchumura without a change
of name and in 1931 was broken up in Japan
INDRAVELLI was built in
1897 by Chas. Connell & Co. at Scotstoun, Glasgow with a
tonnage of 5805grt, a length of 400ft 5in, a beam of 48ft 2in
and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister of the Indraghiri she
was sold, in 1913 to Meiji Kaiun Kabusiki of Kaisha and renamed
Nankai Maru. By 1930 she was owned by Mikami K.K. of Fuchumura
and in 1932 was sold on to Fuji Tachiji of Fuchumura. In 1933
she passed to Toyo Kyoyeisha K.K. of Fuchumura and was broken
up in Japan during the following year.
INDRA (2) was built in
1897 by Chas. Connell & Co. at Scotstoun, Glasgow with a
tonnage of 6057grt, a length of 430ft, a beam of 51ft 4in and
a service speed of 11 knots. She was renamed Indro by Samuel
Samuel in 1913 and sold by him to Goshi Kaishi Kishimoto Shokai
of Dairen who named her Bankoku Maru. By 1919 she was owned
by Taisho Kisen K.K. of Dairen and ended her career when she
was wrecked in February 1929.
INDRADEVI (2) was built
in 1900 by Sir James Laing & Sons at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 5683grt, a length of 420ft 7in, a beam of 53ft 2in and a
service speed of 11 knots. She was similar to a number of Laing
vessels completed during this period, with exception of a taller
funnel, and was equipped to carry railway locomotives and carriages
on deck abreast of the No.3 hatch. She was purchased by Furness
Withy & Co. in 1911 who renamed her Chase Side. When the
British & Argentine Steam Navigation Co. was incorporated
as a subsidiary of Houlder Bros she was transferred to that
company and renamed El Cordobes. In 1926 she was sold to M.
Querci & O. Rosini of Genoa who renamed her Pratomagno and
was finally broken up in 1931.
INDRASAMHA was built in
1901 by Chas. Connell & Co. at Scotstoun, Glasgow with a
tonnage of 5197grt, a length of 410ft 2in, a beam of 49ft 4in
and a service speed of 11 knots. When the company's New York
service was discontinued she was acquired by Alfred Holt's Blue
Funnel Line and renamed Eurydamus and continued to operate out
of New York to the Far East. She was sold to Jugoslavensko Amerikanska
Plovidba of Split in 1924, renamed Jugosalvija, and served with
them for ten years before being broken up at Genoa in 1934.
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