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Passenger liner, British India Associated Steamers Ltd
'Jumna', built in 1886, was the first ship completed for British India Associated Steamers Limited following its registration as a company in May 1885. Together with her two virtual sisters, namely 'Jelunga' (1890) and 'Avoca' (1891), she was designed for the company's Royal Mail service to Queensland, Australia. She had temporary 'tween deck quarters for emigrants on the outward voyages. The engine of the 'Jumna' was the first of Brock's patented design and the first quadruple expansion in the British India fleets. In each vessel, the steam was taken from three double-ended boilers.
'Jumna' sailed from London on her maiden voyage on 21 September 1886, causing a considerable stir as the largest vessel yet seen in Queensland waters. She had an unpleasant mishap while in the Royal Docks at London in December 1890, when a steam pipe burst, scalding to death seven of the engine-room workers and severely injuring two more. In 1895 she made a trooping voyage to Cyprus. Unlike her near-sisters, she continued on the Queensland service after the termination of the mail contract in 1895. In March 1901 she had a fire in her bunkers on her way from Queensland to London but it was extinguished without any damage to the ship. After her absorption into the main British India Steam Navigation Company fleet in 1903 she became a general fill-in. She served on the London-Calcutta route and various Indian Ocean runs, concluding with two voyages to Jeddah with Muslim pilgrims in 1906 and 1907. She was sold for £10,300 to Luigi Pittaluga in 1907 and was scrapped at Genoa.