SS Malakand (1905)

SS Malakand

History
Namesake| Malakand Agency
Owner| Brocklebank Line
Builder| Harland & Wolff
Yard number| 373
Launched| 11 November 1905
Completed| 14 December 1906
Fate| Sunk 20 April 1917
General characteristics
Type:|  Cargo liner

SS Malakand was a 7,653-gross register ton cargo liner built by Harland & Wolff in 1905 for the Brocklebank shipping line, the first of two Brocklebank Line ships named after the Malakand area of the Indian subcontinent.[1]

Malakand operated on a regular service between Liverpool, England , and Calcutta, India . During World War I, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 145 nautical miles (269 km) west of Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly ( [ ⚑ ] 49°20′N 10°00′W﻿ / ﻿49.333°N 10°W﻿ / 49.333; -10), on 20 April 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-84 with the loss of one crew member.[1][2][3]

A replacement ship of the same name, SS Malakand, was launched in 1919.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "More information on the SS Malakand model". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725215117/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/agents/access/case3_moreinfo.html.
2. ↑ "British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 2 of 3 - January-August 1917 in date order". Naval History. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrMS1917.htm. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. ↑ "Malakand". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3844.html. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

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