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ss CHUSAN
built by Caird & Company Greenock,
Yard No 238 Engines by Shipbuilders
Last Name: SHAH NAJAF
Port of Registry: Greenock
Propulsion: Two cylinder inverted compound engine, 4143ihp, single screw, 14 knots.
Launched: Thursday, 07/08/1884
Built: 1884
Ship Type: Passenger Liner
Ship's Role: UK/India and Far East services
Tonnage: 4636 gross; 2852 net; 4140 dwt
Length: 400ft 4in
Breadth: 45ft 3in
Draught: 25ft 0in
Owner History:
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Status: Scrapped - 1907, Bombay
Remarks:
07/08/1884: Launched.
03/09/1884: Registered.
06/09/1884: Ran trials and delivered to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She and her Caird~built sisters TASMANIA (1884) and
the triple~expansion~engined COROMANDEL (1885) and BENGAL (1885),
were designed for rapid conversion to armed merchant cruisers or
troopships if required, although without any Government subsidy;
they had watertight doors with the mechanism well above the
waterline. CHUSAN's hotel fittings were comfortable although less
ornate than those of the vessels on the Australian run, though she
had electric light throughout her passenger accommodation, and she
was a great favourite. She could carry up to 107 First Class and 44 Second Class passengers.
24/09/1884: Maiden sailing London/Calcutta.
28/01/1885: Stranded near Perim lighthouse but towed off by THAMES at the second attempt.
24/09/1886: One round voyage UK/Australia (two more in succession beginning
26 August 1887).
12/1886: Draught now 25ft 10½in.
04/1887: Brought passengers from TASMANIA home from Marseilles after she
was wrecked on the south coast of Corsica.
30/09/1892: Rammed by an inbound Swedish steamer when leaving Royal
Albert Dock, London. Returned to the dock for minor repairs before
sailing on 02/10.
25/07/1894: Salved the disabled sailing ship FALLS OF ETTRICK and towed her into
the Hughli.
1902: UK/Far East trade.
05/1906: Sold to Shah Steam Navigation Company, Bombay for the pilgrim
trade. Renamed SHAH NAJAF.
05/1907: Sold to Indian shipbreakers in Bombay.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by John Newth from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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