SS Devanha

SS Devanha was a passenger liner and cargo vessel operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

SS Devanha was launched in 1905 and entered service for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in 1906.

She made her maiden voyage from the Royal Albert Dock in London on 1 March 1905.

In 1915, she took part in the Dardanelles campaign, landing the 12th Battalion of Australian troops at what was later Anzac Beach, then steaming up the coast as a feint to draw enemy fire.

She continued to serve as a hospital ship in the Persian Gulf, East Africa, Bombay and Suez, before being converted back into a troopship in 1919.