SS Sangola
merchant ship
SS Sangola was a steam cargo liner that was launched in Scotland in 1901, renamed Goshu Maru in 1923, and scrapped in Japan in 1933. She was one of a class of seven steamships that were built for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) in 1901 and 1902. From 1908 until 1910 she took Indian indentured labourers to Fiji.
She was the first of two BI ships to be called Sangola. The second was a motor ship that was launched in 1947 and scrapped in 1963.
"S" class cargo liners
In 1901 and 1902 BI took delivery of a class of seven new cargo liners. BI gave each ship a name beginning with "S", so they became known as the "S" class.
William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton in Scotland, with whom BI had a preferential business relationship, built four of the ships. A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow built one. Sir James Laing & Sons of Sunderland in England built two.
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