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Name: CHAPALA
Launched: 04/02/1909
Completed: 03/1909
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn
Yard Number: 430
Dimensions: 159grt, 9nrt, 95.0 x 24.1 x 10.4ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13.25, 22 & 36 x 24ins), 160nhp, 1000ihp
Engines By: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98354
History:
03/1909 Calcutta Port Commission, Calcutta
25/10/1935 Sank
Comments: 1909: Launched as BRISK
25/10/1935: Sank off Luff Point in River Hooghly


Above photo as BRISK courtesy of Kevin Blair