STATE OF TRAVANCORE-COCHIN

Ship Details

Rig

Motor Vessel

Built

1954

Built In

Tonnage

6,244g 3,390n

Dimensions

480'1" x 59'11" x 25'0"

Demise

Eastern Shipping Co.(Scindia Steam Nav.Co.Ltd.), reg. Calcutta

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My parents arrived in Fremantle as migrants from Calcutta on this vessel in 1960. My eldest sister, Kathleen, was 3mths old at the time of the voyage, and the crew took it on themselves to make a little life vest for her. My parents still have 8mm film footage of the voyage.

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