Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1200
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SCINDIA (1900-1927 Passenger and cargo liner 401 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's SCINDIA passes Perim Island at the south entrance of the Red Sea on passage to Bombay
Ship's locationFrom Glasgow and Liverpool for Bombay : passed Perim April 2Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage5,178

 Perim (also called Mayyun in Arabic), is a volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen and belonging to Yemen.    The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.    The island was occupied by Great Britain from 1857 to 1967.

Built in 1900 by D & W Henderson Ltd at Glasgow for Anchor Line, Glasgow, SCINDIA was 400.7 feet long x 49.2 feet breadth x 31 feet draught.

SCINDIA served on Anchor Line's North Atlantic and India services, and was sold for demolition in 1927