27th February 1916 P&O LINER MALOJA Sunk off DOVER
S.S. Maloja, was built 1916 Harland & Wolff Ltd. 12,431 gross tons. Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. The Liner and was built for the Far East Trade. The steamship dimensions were 550 x 62 x 34 feet and she was powered by 1.164 nhp quadruple expansion engine giving 19 knots, the steamship liner was defensively armed.

The P. & O. liner Maloja, Commander. C. E. Irving, R.N.R., the largest ship in the company's fleet, left London on Saturday, February 26th, 1916, for Bombay with 456 persons, of whom 121 were passengers, with a general cargo.

On the 27th at about 10.30 a.m. she struck a mine two miles S.W. of Dover Pier and foundered in a very short time, taking with her 155 of those on board. The engines were reversed to take the way off the ship and enable the remaining boats to be lowered, but the engine room flooded and the engines could not be stopped. The Maloja therefore continued to go astern for some time at eight or nine knots and with a list of some 75 degrees. The Canadian freighter Empress of Fort William, 2,181 tons, Capt. W. D. Shepherd, endeavoured to render assistance, but was herself mined.

- REMEMBER THE MALOJA -

Sunk off Dover on 27th February 1916

LIST OF THE DEAD

ABDUL GHANI NUR GUL,Tindal, Indian Merchant Service

ABDUL QAYYUM Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

ABDULLAH BEHRAM Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

ABDUR RAHIM SAMARE DIN Fireman Indian Merchant Service

ALI KHAMSIN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

ALI MUHYUDDIN Lascar, Indian Merchant Service

AMANAT LATIF Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

AMANUR RAHM Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

AMIRULLAH HAMIDULLAH Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

AZIZUDDIN IMAMUDDIN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

BADRDIN Paniwallah, Indian Merchant Service

BARRETO JOHN Boy, Indian Merchant Service

BHURA LATIF Paniwallah, Indian Merchant Service

BLEWITT Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

BOX PERCY TUFNEL Linen Keeper, Mercantile Marine

BRAGANZA NAZARO FRANCISCO Boy, Indian Merchant Service

BRITO LAURENCO CARIDADE Cook, Indian Merchant Service

COLWILL SAMUEL Chief Shipwright, Royal Navy

COX FREDERICK W Admiralty Civilian Skilled Labourer

CRAGG RICHARD T Admiralty Civilian Dockyard Artificer

DA COSTA ANTONIO Laundry Man, Indian Merchant Service

DA COSTA ANTONIO G. Second Cook, Indian Merchant Service

DA CRUZ ANTONIO C. Assistant Cook, Indian Merchant Service

DE SOUZA REMEDIOS General Servant, Indian Merchant Service

DE SOUZA SALVADOR General Servant, Indian Merchant Service

DE SOUZA SANTANA Iceman, Indian Merchant Service

FERNANDES JOSE CAMILO General Servant, Indian Merchant Service

FERNANDES SALVADOR Topass, Indian Merchant Service

FERNANDES ZEFERINO General Servant, Indian Merchant Service

FIROZUDDIN SATTARUDDIN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

FLAHERTY JOSEPH Leading Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve

GARDEN Wireless Operator, Mercantile Marine

GHAFUR KHUDA BAKHSH Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

GOMES ROZARIO Topass, Indian Merchant Service

GULAB FAZL Storekeeper, Indian Merchant Service

GULAB GHULAM Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

HAMIDULLAH RAHMAT Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

HARRIS, Second Lieutenant H .J. F, Indian Army Reserve of Officers

HASHMAT ALI Paniwallah, Indian Merchant Service

HAYAT FIROZ Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

HAZRAT SHAH FAQIR SHAH Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

HERRING HENRY GEORGE Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

HUKM KHAN NADIR KHAN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

HUSAIN HAMID Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

IBRAHIM QASIM Lascar Indian Merchant Service

KALAN KHANGADA Paniwallah, Indian Merchant Service

KEMP JOHN FITCH Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

KENSETT, Gunner, C.E, Royal Garrison Artillery 34410, Age 22 Son of Mrs. Margaret Jane Kensett, of 36, Highland Rd., Oak Hill, Horsham.

KHAIR ALI CHAND ALI Tindal, Indian Merchant Service

KHURSHIDULLAH Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

LANGLEY, Hired Skilled Labourer, ALBERT W. Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

LINDSEY WILLIAM Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

LOPES PASCOAL General Servant, Indian Merchant Service

LUCAS ALFRED WILLIAM Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

MABERLEY Stewardess, Mercantile Marine

MACDONALD ANGUS MACDONALD Engine Room Artificer, Royal Naval Reserve

MAINE, Surgeon W. J. C, Indian Subordinate Medical Department.

MASCARENHAS PELEGRINO Topass, Indian Merchant Service

MOZAFFARUDDIN SADRUDDIN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

MUHAMMAD GHULAM HUSAIN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

MUHAMMAD HUSAIN Lascar, Indian Merchant Service

MUHAMMAD ISMAIL Lascar, Indian Merchant Service

NARONHA MARTINHO Scullion, Indian Merchant Service

NASIM GUL KHAN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

NAWAB HUSAIN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

PALMER ADELAIDE ANN Stewardess, Mercantile Marine

PASSEY JOSEPH Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine

PEREIRA EUSTACE FRANCISCO Boy, Indian Merchant Service

PERT GEORGE EDWARD Skilled Labour, H.M. Dockyard

RAQAM FAZL Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

RAQAM NUR KHAN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

RODRIQUES ANTONIO Topass, Indian Merchant Service

RODRIQUES VINCENT R. Topass, Indian Merchant Service

ROSE ALBERT Hired Skilled Labourer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

SADLER WILLIAM FRANCIS EDWARD Hydraulic Winchman Mercantile Marine

SAID GHULAM FATEH KHAN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

SAID JAAFAR Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

SANDERS GEORGE HENRY Deck and Lounge Steward, Mercantile Marine

SEYMOUR ESTHER Stewardess, Mercantile Marine

SHAIKH YAQUB MAKHDUM Lascar, Indian Merchant Service

SHAMUN FAQIR Lascar ,Indian Merchant Service

SHERDIL MIR AFZAL Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

SINCLAIR ASHLEY St. JOHN Bed Steward, Mercantile Marine

SULTAN JABBAR Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

TALIBUDDIN QAMRUDDIN Trimmer, Indian Merchant Service

UMRUDDIN QAMRUDDIN Fireman, Indian Merchant Service

VAZ SABASTIAO General Servant ,Indian Merchant Service

YAQUB QASIM Lascar, Indian Merchant Service

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Also another 60-67 Souls Lost.

We should remember them.

This shipwreck is not protected as an offical War Grave.

However WW1 mementoes or souvenirs taken by divers from this shipwreck including the bones of the dead, should be reported to the Receiver of Wreck . https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/receiver-of-wreck