SS Golconda (1887)

Golconda
Career
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Company
Builder: William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England
Fate: Sunk by mine in 1916
General characteristics
Tonnage:5,874 GT
Length:422 ft (129 m)
Beam:41.8 ft (12.7 m)

SS Golconda was a 5,874 gross ton passenger ship built in 1887 by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England. She was 422 feet (129 m) long with a beam of 41.8 feet (12.7 m) and had two funnels and was operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company. Golconda struck a mine and sank in the North Sea on 3 June 1916, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south east by east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52°08′30″N 1°44′45″E / 52.14167°N 1.74583°E) with the loss of nineteen lives.[1] She was lost while on a voyage from Tees and London to Calcutta with general cargo.

References

  1. "Golconda". Uboat.net. Retrieved 18 November 2012.