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Sunday, February 20, 1955 @ 0800
The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste
CITY OF BATH (1952-1969 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London : 1972 scrapped at Castellon, Spain) Own Page

CITY OF BATH expected to arrive at Madras then leave eastbound for Calcutta (India)

Ship's locationMadras (= since 1996 renamed as Chennai : Tamil Nadu, India)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing forEastbound for Calcutta (India)Net Tonnage3,663
Gross Tonnage6.869
Deadweght Tonnage10,446

The city of Madras was officially renamed Chennai on July 17, 1996 by the state government of Tamil Nadu. The name change was part of a nationwide trend to use less Anglicized names and to remove the last vestiges of British colonialism in the state. 

 

From Indian Express (Madras Edition) 16 February 1955