The Indian Enterprise was a steel hulled steam cargo ship originally named Empire Mombasa of 7,319 GRT built at Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. (Wear Branch Yard No. 7), Sunderland, UK, for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was launched 28 May 1945 and completed in Febrary 1946 with a length of 431 feet, beam of 56 feet, and 35 feet in draught. Propulsion was provided by coal-fired boilers and triple-expansion engines located amidships connected to a single shaft for a speed of 11 knots. The ship was divided into eight watertight compartments which were seperated by seven transverse bulkheads. Six of these compartments were…
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