Tanda
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| Name | Tanda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.174 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - A. Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jul, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Kurt Freiwald) | ||
| Position | 13.22N, 74.09E - Grid MS 5569 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 216 (19 dead and 197 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Melbourne - Colombo - Bombay | ||
| Cargo | 5600 tons of general cargo, including copra and tallow | ||
| History | Built as Tanda, 1914 requisitioned as hospital ship and renamed Madras, 1920 returned to owner and renamed Tanda | ||
| Notes on loss | On 15 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Tanda (Master Thomas John Mills) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 northwest of Mangalore in the Arabian Sea. 18 crew members and one passenger were lost. The master, 158 crew members, twelve gunners and 26 passengers were picked up by HMIS Bihar (J 247) (Lt W.L. Deeble DSC) and HMS Monkshood (K 207) (Lt G.W. McGuinness) and landed at Colombo on 18 July. | ||
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