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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6:59:49 PM
R.M.S. Tilawa (1942) ~ The last journey……
RMS Tilawa was a 10,000-ton mixed passenger and cargo vessel owned by British India Steam Navigation company. On her last voyage, she carried a complement of nearly 1,000 people including 732 passengers, departing Bombay, destination Durban.
She carried a large general cargo and a consignment of 2,391 bars of silver, amounting to a weight of 83 tons.
The Tilawa was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-29 north west of the Maldive Islands and sank in very deep water with a considerable loss of life. Survivors were rescued by HMS Birmingham.
DOS crew sitting on 18 tons of silver
http://www.deepoceansearch.com/project/tilawa/
RMS Tilawa was a 10,000-ton mixed passenger and cargo vessel owned by British India Steam Navigation company. On her last voyage, she carried a complement of nearly 1,000 people including 732 passengers, departing Bombay, destination Durban.
She carried a large general cargo and a consignment of 2,391 bars of silver, amounting to a weight of 83 tons.
The Tilawa was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-29 north west of the Maldive Islands and sank in very deep water with a considerable loss of life. Survivors were rescued by HMS Birmingham.
DOS crew sitting on 18 tons of silver
http://www.deepoceansearch.com/project/tilawa/
