No.261 Tyndareus launched in 1915

11,347grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock

Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960

Completed during WW1, she served as a troopship and was nearly sunk by a German mine but without loss of life. Between the wars she operated commercially in the Pacific Ocean, before returning to military service in WW2. Her final civil role was to carry Islamic pilgrims from Indonesia to Mecca before being scrapped in 1960.

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