SS Mutlah

SS Mutlah
History
NameSS Mutlah
Owner
  • Nourse Line (1907-1921)
  • Soc di Nav Latina (1921-1923)
  • Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav (1923)
Port of registry
BuilderCharles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow
Launched16 April 1907
FateDisappeared 29 December 1923
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage3641 gross register tons
Length106.56 metres (349 feet 7 inches)
Beam13.41 metres (44 feet 0 inches)
Draught5.91 metres (19 feet 5 inches)
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine 425 hp (317 kW), one shaft
Speed12 knots

SS Mutlah was a 3,393-ton steamship built for the Nourse Line in 1907 by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow, Scotland. She disappeared along with her crew of 40 after sending a distress call on 29 December 1923 while sailing in the Mediterranean Sea.[1] The ship had triple expansion, 425-nhp (317-kW) steam engines driving a single screw.

Like other Nourse Line ships, she had primarily been used for the transport of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage
Trinidad 4 September 1907 844 11
Trinidad 4 September 1908 415 7
Suriname 2 May 1909 834 n/a
Trinidad 29 August 1909 832 8
Trinidad 7 October 1910 770 13
Trinidad 25 January 1911 842 9
Fiji 22 May 1911 834 n/a
Fiji 18 August 1911 863 n/a
Trinidad 28 December 1911 705 2
Suriname 14 May 1912 842 9
Trinidad 14 October 1912 445 1
Trinidad 5 February 1913 317 2
Suriname 23 June 1913 n/a n/a
Trinidad 26 November 1913 209 0
Trinidad 20 January 1914 279 0
Fiji 7 May 1915 852 n/a
Fiji 1 August 1915 812 n/a

Mutlah caught fire at Naples, Italy, and sank on 24 March 1920.[2] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

In 1921 she was purchased by Soc di Nav Latina, Naples, Italy. In 1923 she was purchased by Occidens Soc. Anon di Nav, Genoa, Italy.[3]

On 29 December 1923 she was in the Mediterranean Sea west-southwest of Sardinia on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of grain when she sent a distress signal, reporting her position as 38°40′N 006°34′E / 38.667°N 6.567°E / 38.667; 6.567 (SS Multah). She then disappeared without trace. She is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Italian Ship With Crew of Forty is Lost", Vancouver Daily World, January 3, 1924, p. 1
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 42368. London. 25 March 1920. col D, p. 25.
  3. ^ wrecksite.eu SS Mutlah (+1923)
  4. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43549. London. 15 January 1924. col E, p. 18.