MORAVIAN / AKBAR

BUILT IN ABERDEEN IN 1899 BY NAPIER & SONS IN GLASGOW, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 4,572 TONS, WITH A SINGLE SCREW STEAM ENGINE GIVING HER A SPEED OF ABOUT 13 KNOTS. SHE DID HER MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO AUSTRALIA. HER ACCOMMODATION WAS CHANGED IN 1909 TO ACCOMMODATE 3RD CLASS ONLY. IN 1914 SHE WAS SOLD TO BOMBAY & PERSIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO OF BOMBAY AND RE-NAMED AKBAR. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN GENOA ITALY. SHE HAD A RADIO INSTALLATION FITTED AT THE TIME OF HER SALE.