The 8,947 GRT steamship Karmala was built by Cammell, Laird & Company in Birkenhead for P & O's passenger and freight service from England to India and Australia. It should actually be called Kandahar . She was the third of six sister ships that were built at the two shipyards of Cammell, Laird & Company and Caird & Company , measured around 9,000 GRT and were put into service in 1914 and 1915. The others were the Khiva (II) (1914), the Khyber (I) (1914), the Kalyan (1915), the Kashgar (II) (1914) and the Kashmir (1915).
The 146.3 meter long and 17.7 meter wide ship had a chimney, two masts and two propellers and was powered by two steam engines that allowed a speed of 14 knots. The passenger capacity was 147 travelers in two classes. The Karmala was launched on March 17, 1914 and completed on June 22, 1914. During the First World War , the Karmala served as a troop transport and then returned to passenger service until 1932. On June 30, 1932, the ship arrived in Yokohama for demolition .
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