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British merchant ship sunk in the Second World War

Domala History United Kingdom Name 1920: Magvana 1921: Domala 1940: Empire Attendant Namesake Domala, Punjab Owner 1921: British India SN Co 1940: Ministry of Shipping 1941: Ministry of War Transport Operator 1941: Andrew Weir & Co Port of registry Glasgow Route London – Suez Canal – Calcutta Builder Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch Yard number 579 Launched 23 December 1920 Completed 14 December 1921 Identification UK official number 146266 until 1933: code letters KLFG by 1930: call sign GDMV Fate Sunk near Río de Oro, 15 July 1942 General characteristics Type 1921: cargo liner 1941: cargo ship Tonnage 1922: 8,551 GRT, 5,134 NRT, 10,400 DWT 1941: 7,524 GRT, 4,529 NRT Length 464.0 ft (141.4 m) overall 450.0 ft (137.2 m) registered Beam 58.3 ft (17.8 m) Draught 1922: 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m) 1941: 27 ft 5+3⁄4 in (8.38 m) Depth 32.9 ft (10.0 m) Decks 2 Installed power 1922: 963 NHP 1927: 1,085 NHP Propulsion 2 × 4-stroke diesel engines 2 × screws Speed 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h) Capacity cargo: 516,000 cubic feet (14,611 m3) passengers: 1921: 100 × 1st + 50 × 2nd class 1928: 111 in one class 1934: 140 in one class Crew 1921: 140 1942: 50 crew + 9 DEMS gunners Sensors & processing systems as built: submarine signalling by 1927: wireless direction finding Notes sister ship: Dumana

**MV *Domala*** was a British [cargo liner](/source/Cargo_liner) that was launched in 1920 as ***Magvana***, but completed in 1921 as *Domala*. She was the first major ocean-going [passenger ship](/source/Passenger_ship) to be built in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) as a [motor ship](/source/Motor_ship).

The [British India Steam Navigation Company](/source/British_India_Steam_Navigation_Company) (BI) owned and operated her until 1940, when she was bombed by a German aircraft and burnt out. She was rebuilt for the [Ministry of Shipping](/source/Minister_of_Shipping) (MoS) as the [cargo ship](/source/Cargo_ship) ***Empire Attendant***. [Andrew Weir & Company](/source/Bank_Line) [managed](/source/Ship_management) her for the MoS, and for its successor the [Ministry of War Transport](/source/Ministry_of_War_Transport) (MoWT), until a [U-boat](/source/U-boat) sank her with all hands in 1942.

## Context

In the [First World War](/source/World_War_I), BI lost four nearly new "M" class twin-[screw](/source/Propeller) cargo liners to enemy action.[1] After the war it ordered replacements: three to the same dimensions from [Barclay, Curle & Company](/source/Barclay_Curle) in [Whiteinch](/source/Whiteinch), [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow),[2] and one, 20 feet (6 m) [longer overall](/source/Length_overall) (about 16 feet (5 m) longer registered) but otherwise similar, from [Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson](/source/Swan_Hunter) at [Wallsend](/source/Wallsend), [Tyneside](/source/Tyneside).[3]

Barclay, Curle launched yard number 577 in July 1920 as *Mashobra*, and completed her that October with a pair of [triple expansion engines](/source/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion) like her predecessors.[4] It launched yard number 580 in October 1920 as *Manela*, and completed her in May 1921 with two sets of three-stage [Brown-Curtis](/source/John_Brown_%26_Company) [steam turbines](/source/Steam_turbine).[5] It launched yard number 579 in December 1920 as *Megvana*, and completed her on 14 December 1921.[6] Her engines were a pair of [single-acting](/source/Single-_and_double-acting_cylinders) [four-stroke](/source/Four-stroke_engine) [diesels](/source/Diesel_engine), built by the [North British Diesel Engine Works](/source/North_British_Locomotive_Company).[7] In order to distinguish her as a motor ship, BI renamed *Megvana* as *Domala* before she was completed; giving a name beginning with "D" to distinguish her as a diesel ship.[3]

Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson launched *Modasa* on 24 December 1920: the same day as Barclay, Curle launched *Megvana*. *Modasa* was completed in December 1921 with [Metrovick](/source/Metropolitan-Vickers)-[Rateau](/source/Auguste_Rateau) steam turbines.[8]

*Domala*'s diesel engines obviated the need for 40 [stokers](/source/Fireman_(steam_engine)),[9] but her diesel [blast injector](/source/Air-blast_injection) [compressors](/source/Compressor) gave continual trouble.[3] She did not make her [sea trials](/source/Sea_trial) until 24 November 1921. She was delivered to BI that December.[9] BI ordered only one diesel [sister ship](/source/Sister_ship) for *Domala*. Barclay, Curle built her as yard number 593. She was laid down as *Melma*, and launched in November 1921. BI renamed her [*Dumana*](/source/MV_Dumana) before she was completed, which was not until March 1923.[10] By contrast, BI ordered five more "M" class turbine [steamships](/source/Steamship), all to the same increased length as *Modasa*, which were delivered in 1921 and 1922.[11]

## Description

*Domala* from astern

*Domala*'s lengths were 464.0 ft (141.4 m) [overall](/source/Length_overall) and 450.0 ft (137.2 m) registered. Her [beam](/source/Beam_(nautical)) was 58.3 ft (17.8 m), and her depth was 32.9 ft (10.0 m). She had a straight [stem](/source/Bow_(watercraft)), [counter stern](/source/Stern#Elliptical), one funnel, and two masts. Her holds had capacity for 516,000 cubic feet (14,611 m3) of cargo, and all her winches were electric. As built, her [tonnages](/source/Tonnage) were 8,551 [GRT](/source/Gross_register_tonnage), 5,134 [NRT](/source/Net_register_tonnage), and 10,400 [DWT](/source/Deadweight_tonnage), and her draught was 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m). She had berths 100 passengers in first class and 50 in second class, and carried a crew of 140.[3]

As built, the combined power output of *Domala*'s twin diesel engines was rated at 963 [NHP](/source/Horsepower#Nominal_horsepower).[7] She made 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h) on her sea trials.[9] By 1927 her engines had been re-rated to a combined total of 1,085 NHP.[12] Her cruising speed was 13 knots (24 km/h).[9] Her [bunkers](/source/Fuel_bunker) had capacity for 702 tons of [oil](/source/Heavy_fuel_oil), and she consumed 20 tons per day.[3]

As built, *Domala*'s navigation equipment included [submarine signalling](/source/Submarine_signals).[7] By 1927 it also included wireless [direction finding](/source/Direction_finding).[12]

BI [registered](/source/Ship_registration) *Domala* at Glasgow. Her United Kingdom [official number](/source/Official_number) was 146266 and her [code letters](/source/Code_letters) were KLFG.[7][13] By 1930 her [wireless telegraph](/source/Wireless_telegraphy) [call sign](/source/Maritime_call_sign) was GDMV.[14] By 1934 this had superseded her code letters.[15]

## Peacetime career

*Domala* began her maiden voyage on 30 December 1921, reaching Bombay (now [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai_Harbour)), [India](/source/British_Raj) on 27 January 1922. She returned via [Karachi](/source/Port_of_Karachi).[16] On 23 May 1922 she was going up the [Scheldt](/source/Scheldt) to [Antwerp](/source/Port_of_Antwerp) when a ship called *Pallas* rammed her stern. *Pallas* had an [icebreaker](/source/Icebreaker) bow, which cut into *Domala*'s hull down to below the waterline. *Domala* reached her berth in Antwerp, but was out of service for repairs for the rest of the year.[9]

*Domala*'s regular route was between London and [Calcutta](/source/Port_of_Kolkata) via the [Suez Canal](/source/Suez_Canal).[17] BI's regular ports of call on this route were [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar), [Marseille](/source/Marseille-Fos_Port), [Port Said](/source/Port_Said), [Suez](/source/Suez), [Aden](/source/Aden_Colony), [Colombo](/source/Port_of_Colombo), and Madras (now [Chennai](/source/Chennai_Port)).[18]

On 6 October 1927 *Domala* collided with the British cargo steamship *Sagama River* in the [Humber](/source/Humber), severely damaging her.[19] By 1928 *Domala*'s passenger accommodation had been reconfigured. She was now a one-class ship, with berths for 111 passengers. By 1934 this had been increased to 140 passengers, but remaining a one-class ship.[9] On 12 August 1934 she rammed the stern of a [Thames sailing barge](/source/Thames_sailing_barge), *Shannon*, at [Erith](/source/Erith), [Kent](/source/Kent).[20]

## Air attack

On 17 February 1940 *Domala* was requisitioned for the Liner Division. She went to Antwerp, where she embarked a party of [lascars](/source/Lascar) whom [Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) had released from [internment](/source/Internment), and left for [Southampton](/source/Port_of_Southampton).[9]

On 2 March 1940 a [Heinkel He 111](/source/Heinkel_He_111)H of [Kampfgeschwader 26](/source/Kampfgeschwader_26), flown by [Martin Harlinghausen](/source/Martin_Harlinghausen), attacked *Domala* off [St Catherine's Point](/source/St_Catherine's_Point) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight).[21] The bomber dropped two sticks of bombs, setting the ship on fire. As the crew and passengers abandoned ship, the bomber machine-gunned her. A total of 108 people were killed,[17] including 81 lascars. This provoked public anger in India against Germany.[22]

The destroyer [HMS *Viscount*](/source/HMS_Viscount), which aided *Domala* after she was bombed and set on fire

The [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) steamship *Jong Willem* rescued 50 survivors,[9] aided by the destroyer [HMS *Viscount*](/source/HMS_Viscount), and [Avro Anson](/source/Avro_Anson) aircraft of [48 Squadron](/source/No._48_Squadron_RAF).[23] On fire, *Domala* was towed to the [Solent](/source/Solent), where she was beached between [Hurst Castle](/source/Hurst_Castle) and [The Needles](/source/The_Needles) on 6 March. She was refloated on 15 March, and on 19 March she was towed to Southampton.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Surgeon Lieutenant MacDonald was [mentioned in dispatches](/source/Mentioned_in_dispatches) for his zeal and devotion to duty, and skill in attending the wounded.[24] *Domala*'s [Chief Officer](/source/Chief_mate), William Brawn, and a Cadet, Bernard John Duval, were awarded the [King's Commendation for Brave Conduct](/source/King's_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct).[25][26] [Lloyd's of London](/source/Lloyd's_of_London) awarded Duval [Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea](/source/Lloyd's_War_Medal_for_Bravery_at_Sea);[27][28] The citation reads: "The ship was attacked during darkness by an enemy aircraft, which dropped a bomb, putting the main engines out of action and setting her on fire. She also carried a number of lascars captured from various vessels by an enemy raider, who were being taken home. Many were hurt and some killed. At great risk to himself, Cadet Duval, a lad of seventeen, gave a fine example of bravery, doing all he could to save his [second officer](/source/Second_mate)'s life".[29]

On 6 March, [Manny Shinwell](/source/Manny_Shinwell) MP asked in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) why *Domala* did not use her [DEMS](/source/Defensively_equipped_merchant_ship) guns to defend herself. The [First Lord of the Admiralty](/source/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty), [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill), replied that the aircraft that attacked *Domala* had at first been misidentified as an Allied one, so the guns were not manned, and a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) destroyer also misidentified the aircraft. Shinwell then asked why the gunners were not always manning the guns. Churchill replied that he was not sure that this would be physically possible.[30]

## *Empire Attendant*

The [Ministry of Shipping](/source/Minister_of_Shipping) (MoS) requisitioned *Domala*, had her rebuilt as a cargo ship, and renamed her *Empire Attendant*.[17] The rebuild reduced her tonnages to 7,524 [GRT](/source/Gross_register_tonnage) and 4,529 [NRT](/source/Net_register_tonnage), and her draught to 27 ft 5+3⁄4 in (8.38 m). The MoS contracted Andrew Weir & Company to manage her.[31]

In 1940 *Empire Attendant* sailed in [Convoy HX](/source/HX_convoys) 98, which left [Halifax](/source/Port_of_Halifax), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) on 22 December and reached [Sydney](/source/Sydney%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Cape Breton](/source/Cape_Breton_Island) on 29 December. Her cargo was steel.[32] In 1941 she sailed in Convoy HX 120, which left Halifax on 10 April and reached [Liverpool](/source/Port_of_Liverpool) on 29 April.[33] Her cargo was steel, plus 350 tons of explosives. She was bound for the [Firth of Clyde](/source/Firth_of_Clyde), and [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough).[34] In May 1941 the [Ministry of War Transport](/source/Ministry_of_War_Transport) succeeded the MoS.

Position where *U-582* sank *Empire Attendant*

In 1942 *Empire Attendant* left Liverpool for [Karachi](/source/Port_of_Karachi) via [Durban](/source/Port_of_Durban). Her [Master](/source/Master_mariner) was [Captain](/source/Sea_captain) Thomas Grundy. She carried a crew of 49, plus nine DEMS gunners. Her cargo was stores, vehicles, and explosives.[35]

She sailed in [Convoy OS](/source/SL_convoys#OS_convoys) 33, which left Liverpool on 1 July, and was meant to take her as far as [Freetown](/source/Freetown), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone_Colony_and_Protectorate).[36] However, she repeatedly broke down. At 1645 hrs on 10 July she broke down for the seventh time, and the [sloop](/source/Sloop-of-war) [HMS *Pelican*](/source/HMS_Pelican_(L86)) signalled to the [Admiralty](/source/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)) that by sunset *Domala* was not within 20 nautical miles (37 km) of the convoy.[37]

At 03:30 hrs [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) on 15 July, *Empire Attendant* was off the coast of [Río de Oro](/source/R%C3%ADo_de_Oro), [Spanish Sahara](/source/Spanish_Sahara), when [*U-582*](/source/German_submarine_U-582) sank her by torpedo at position [23°48′N 21°51′W / 23.800°N 21.850°W / 23.800; -21.850](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=MV_Domala&params=23_48_N_21_51_W_).[9] There were no survivors.[35]

*Empire Attendant*'s crew is commemorated on panel 38 of the Second World War monument at [Tower Hill Memorial](/source/Tower_Hill_Memorial).[38]

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- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). *The Empire Ships*. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85044-275-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85044-275-4).

- Thompson, HL (1953). [*New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force*](https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1RAF-c2.html). Vol. 1: European Theatre, September 1939-December 1942. Wellington: War History Branch – via [Victoria University of Wellington](/source/Victoria_University_of_Wellington).

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1922 Shipwrecks 19 Jan: Marceau January (unknown date): USS A-2, USS B-3 8 Feb: USAT Northern Pacific 18 Feb: Golden State 8 Mar: HMS Laertes 23 Mar: HMS H42 19 April: Lambton 20 May: Egypt 21 May: Conestoga 29 May: Kwinana 9 Jun: City Island Casino 18 Jun: Robert C. Pringle June (unknown date): Prinz Eugen 7 Jul: SMS Nürnberg 9 Jul: El Kahira 26 Jul: USS Granite State 8 Aug: HMS Raleigh 26 Aug: France, Niitaka, Philadelphia 7 Oct: Lyman Stewart 17 Oct: City of Honolulu, Hopelyn 30 Oct: Dévastation, Gromoboi, Skuratov December (unknown date): USS B-1 Other incidents 8 Feb: Argyllshire 23 Mar: HMS Versatile 29 Mar: Majestic 25 Apr: Stolwijk 22 May: Dongola 23 May: Domala 27 Jun: Bouclier, Paris 3 Jul: Canadian Commander 8 Jul: Nieuw Amsterdam 30 Jul: Francesco Ferruccio 22 Aug: Cymric 31 Aug: American Legion Aug: Aba, NRP Guadiana 10 Oct: Swiftstar 12 Oct: City of Honolulu 16 Oct: Rossia 23 Oct: Roland Morillot Nov: Pelican 26 Dec: Santa Rosa 1921 1923

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1927 Shipwrecks 25 Feb: Artemis 11 Mar: El Sol 27 Jun: Craster Hall 5 Aug: Chiyoda, O-2 18 Aug: Hennepin 22 Aug: Prince Rupert 24 Aug: Warabi 21 Oct: Irene 25 Oct: Principessa Mafalda 28 Oct: Fortuna 3 Nov: Greycliffe 21 Nov: Georgia 7 Dec: Kamloops 17 Dec: USS S-4 30 Dec: Seneca Other incidents 29 Jan: Celtic 6 Mar: USCGC Seminole 11 Mar: Sac City 1 May: USS Colorado 2 May: Astoria 5 Jul: RMS Ebro 15 Jul: Veendam 24 Aug: Jintsū 25 Sep: Minnekahda 6 Oct: Domala 19 Oct: Irene 20 Oct: Irene, HMS L4, HMS L5 3 Nov: Tahiti 8 Nov: Catala 20 Nov: Pierre Chailley 27 Nov: Wahehe November (unknown date): Hougomont 12 Dec: Fylgia 16 Dec: Equity 17 Dec: USCGD Paulding 29 Dec: Galatée 29 Dec: J. A. Moffett Jr. 31 Dec: Consul Horn Unknown date: America Unknown date: Pelican 1926 1928

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1934 Shipwrecks 13 Feb: Chelyuskin 12 Mar: Tomozuru 14 Mar: USS Fulton 15 May: LV-117 20 Jun: Dresden 29 Jun: Miyuki 9 Aug: Bluebell 8 Sep: Morro Castle 21 Nov: W. C. Franz 19 Dec: Orania Other incidents 12 Jan: HMS Nelson 24 Jan: Aquitania 15 May: Olympic 9 Jun: Inazuma 13 Jul: af Chapman 23 Jul: Monte Rosa 25 Jul: Charlotte Cords 12 Aug: Domala 26 Aug: Midland City September (unknown date): Duke of Lancaster 18 Oct: Irwell 23 Nov: Koolonga 9 Dec: Thiebek Unknown date: Majestic, Patria 1933 1935

v t e Empire ships By suffix, Empire x A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–Z See also: Fort ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1940 Shipwrecks 6 Mar: HNLMS O 11 8 Mar: Regina 9 Mar: Leukos 11 Mar: U-31 13 Mar: U-44 23 Mar: U-22 24 Mar: La Railleuse Other incidents 2 Mar: Domala 27 Mar: U-21 1939 1940 1941 February 1940 April 1940

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1942 Shipwrecks 1 Jul: Edward Luckenbach, Montevideo Maru 2 Jul: Ukraina 3 Jul: Alexander Macomb, U-215 4 Jul: Nenohi, Christopher Newport 5 Jul: Arare, Empire Byron, HMS Niger, River Afton, John Randolph 6 Jul: Avila Star, U-502 7 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Fiddown, Hartlebury, Pan Kraft, U-701 9 Jul: Empire Explorer, Nicholas Cuneo, Santa Rita 10 Jul: El Capitan 11 Jul: U-136 13 Jul: U-153, R. W. Gallagher 14 Jul: Pietro Calvi, Shch-317, USAT Arcata 15 Jul: Empire Attendant, HMHS Gloucester Castle, U-576 16 Jul: Fairport, Komintern 17 Jul: U-751 22 Jul: Ayatosan Maru, USS Southern Seas 24 Jul: Toufic El Rahman, U-90 26 Jul: Oaxaca 27 Jul: HM Motor Gun Boat 501 28 Jul: Broompark, V 202 Hermann Bösch 30 Jul: Robert E. Lee, U-166 31 Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754 Other incidents 5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Argo, Pan Kraft 7 Jul: J. A. Moffett Jr. 9 Jul: El Capitan 13 Jul: USS S-16 15 Jul: Pennsylvania Sun 19 Jul: Malines 28 Jul: V 203 Carl Röver 30 Jul: Kōtoku Maru 1941 1942 1943 June 1942 August 1942

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