Notes:-
Built by Barclay,Curle & Co.Glasgow
Launched 30.11.1955
Completed 12.7.1956
Maiden Voyage 27.7.1956
Named after a city in Maharashtra Province in Central India she was launched by Mrs JA Boyd-Carpenter, wife of the then Minister of Transport.
She entered service as a troopship on a 15 year charter.
In October 1962 she made her last trooping voyage before the transfer of the Armed Forces was made entirely by air and was laid up on the River Fal.
In November 1964 she was converted at Falmouth to an educational cruise ship. Her tonnages altered to 20160grt
Operated by British India Steam Navigation Company 1955 to 1972 then by P & O 1972 to 1975
Her first educational cruise departed from Southampton on October 28th 1965.
On January 11th 1975 on arrival at Malta she was unexpectedly withdrawn due to increased operating costs particularly fuel and was sold to the Nan Feng Company – Kaohsiung for scrapping
