Rovuma

GLWR

Lying alongside Grantully Castle

Review - October 1963

In March 2013 Yves Goilot posted on Facebook:

The SS ROVUMA was bought in 1949 by the Colonial Steamship and renamed the FLOREAL and traded between the Indian Ocean islands. Registered in Port Louis until 1955 until she was sold and renamed BOUNDARY and finally broken up around 1963 in Durban. Sailed on her on a few occasions with my uncle who was in command. Could be considered as my first ship.

When Colonial Steamship bought her,they also inherited an Iranian illiterate greaser known only as Gandhi who had no ID papers at all even less a passport. He was eventually naturalised and given a Mauritian Passport.

Eventually became a Watchkeeping Engineer but needed help to fill in his log !!!He finally traced back his origins to Saudi Arabia where he was adopted by one of his rich cousin

As Boundary

Life after Union-Castle Line

Movie Star - 1962

At the Breakers at Durban - 1963

Review - December 1963

Rovuma - A Gallant Little Vessel

Review - February 1964

Master	From	To
D Nicoll	9/1927	2/1929
E A Comley	4/1929	4/1930
W S Colbourne	4/1930	5/1931
T W Heanley	6/1931	5/1932
R W Goodacre	6/1932	6/1933
G H Fogden	6/1933	5/1934
E A Singeisen	4/1934	5/1935
W S Byles	5/1935
S F Newdigate	5/1935	5/1936
H A Maxwell-Hart	5/1936	5/1937
A S Parker	6/1937	5/1938
W S Byles	5/1938	8/1938
L P Wilkie	6/1939	9/1940
T C Goldstone	9/1940	6/1942
G H Pickering	6/1942	12/1945
W R Andrews	1/1947	6/1947
J D Fisher	8/1947	1948

Career Summary

1927 Deployed to The East African Coastal Service based in Beira

1949 Sold to Mauritius

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Rovuma

1927

1289

149901

Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd

Ardrossan

Wm Beardmore

Glasgow

2 x Triple Expansion Steam

750 IHP