SS Vadala

History
Name	1890: Vadala; 1913: Kenkon Maru No. 12;
Owner	1890: British India SN Co; 1913: Inui Gomei Kasha;
Operator	1913: Inui Shinbei
Port of registry	1890: Glasgow; 1913: Dairen;
Route	1900: Calcutta – Hong Kong
Builder	Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
Cost	£59,600
Yard number	440
Launched	4 August 1890
Completed	13 September 1890
Maiden voyage	16 September 1890
Identification	UK official number 98575; 1890: code letters LVKP; ; 1917: code letters QBJL; ;
Fate	sank after collision, 1928
General characteristics
Type	cargo ship
Tonnage	3,334 GRT, 2,164 NRT, 4,993 DWT
Length	340.0 ft (103.6 m)
Beam	43.1 ft (13.1 m)
Depth	26.0 ft (7.9 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	315 NHP, 1,800 ihp
Propulsion	1 × quadruple-expansion engine; 1 × screw;
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Capacity	cargo: 200,030 cubic feet (5,664 m3); passengers: 18 × 1st class;
Crew	54
Notes	sister ship: Virawa

SS Vadala was a cargo steamship that was launched in Scotland in 1890, renamed Kenkon Maru No. 12 in 1913, and sank as the result of a collision in 1928. She was built for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI). In 1895 she took Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1899 was a troop ship in the Second Boer War. From 1913 she was in Japanese ownership.