Ship Details

Rig

Steel Twin Screw Steamer, 1257nhp.

Built

1906

Built In

Tonnage

8,092g 4,785n

Built By

Dimensions

470.0 x 56.2 x 32.0

Demise

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., reg. Greenock. India & Far East service. 1915: Landed the 12th Australian Battalion at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. Remained there as a hospital ship with her sister Dongola. She was the last ship to leave the beach area. 1916 Apr.5: Picked up the survivors of British India's Chantala and landed them at Malta. 1919: Returned to the Far East run & Australia. 1928: Sold & broken up in Japan.

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My grandfather, Arthur Cecil Maye Hoskyn, was captain of the Devanha. I don't know what years.

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