S.S. Torilla

The S.S. Torilla was a passenger cargo ship built by Palmers’ Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, at a cost of £83,200. It was launched on 27^th May 1911 and delivered to the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd of Glasgow on 28^th July 1911.

The ship had accommodation for sixty 1^st class passengers, 32 2^nd class & 2,234 deck passengers. It was initially designed for India/Australia service. During WW1 the ship carried troops from Bombay to Marseilles. After the end of the war, it was transferred to Far East service.

On 30^th October 1927 the ship was sold for breaking up in Osaka.