She was launched and completed in 1924. She was owned by
British India Steam Navigation Company. SS
Talamba while sailing from
Singapore, an attempt to rush the ship’s bridge by the Chinese deportees but was contained and escorted by
HMS Carlisle to
Hong Kong. In 1937, she was grounded after a typhoon at
Hong Kong. SS
Talamba was designated as a hospital ship in June 1941. HMHS
Talamba assisted in the
evacuation of Singapore in January 1942 after the
Imperial Japanese have started their conquest over
Asia, part of the
Pacific Theatre of World War II. During the amphibious invasion of
Sicily, she was attacked twice by the
Italian Regia Aeronautica and
German Luftwaffe. A bomb fell into her engine room which caused an explosion that killed 5 of her crew but all 400 wounded were evacuated to safety. HMHS
Talamba, sank off
Syracuse on 10 July 1943. ==References==