Explore: Kashmir (troopship)

Kashmir, has been the name of a number of ships of the Royal Navy, from Kashmir a former part of the British Empire: HMS Kashmir (1915) — a troopship

build. Kashmir was initially used on the P&O's Far Eastern routes, but was requisitioned by the Admiralty in December 1916 for service as a troopship. She

thought that it was the Irish coast and turned north. HMS Kashmir, another liner turned troopship, was only about a half-mile (0.80 km) to Otranto's north

Heritage". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. "1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up". The New York Times. 17 October 1926. Archived from the original

Newcastle completed the refit in October 1945, and was then used as a troopship carrying out trips to South Africa and Colombo, Ceylon before entering

deployed in support of Allied forces in the Norwegian campaign, escorting troopships and carrying out shore bombardments, before being transferred to Harwich

Jardine (452 tons) and Warwickshire (466 tons). On 15 May, the Polish troopship Chrobry (11,442 tons) was sunk. The Stukas also had an operational effect

return to India, but she obtained a United States visa, and sailed on the troopship USS General W. H. Gordon to San Francisco at the end of 1947. In California

spring of 1915 she was recalled by the Admiralty and converted into a troopship, and made voyages to the Dardanelles, sometimes running alongside Britannic

Ship Pennant Class Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes Troopship HMIS Dalhousie Unique ship 1886 1945 scrapped in 1945 Later depot ship at Basra, Bombay