Unit History: HMT Empire Attendant
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage :7.524 tons
Completed 1921 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Owner: Andrew Weir & Co, London
Homeport: London
Launched as motor passenger ship Magnava, completed as Domala (8441 tons) for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
On 2 Mar, 1940, the Domala was bombed by a German aircraft, set on fire and beached in Solent. She was rebuilt as steam merchant Empire Attendant for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).
Tonnage :7.524 tons
Completed 1921 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Owner: Andrew Weir & Co, London
Homeport: London
Launched as motor passenger ship Magnava, completed as Domala (8441 tons) for British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
On 2 Mar, 1940, the Domala was bombed by a German aircraft, set on fire and beached in Solent. She was rebuilt as steam merchant Empire Attendant for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).