SS Ava

There have been several vessels named "Ava", including:

• SS Ava (1855) – British steamship built in 1855 and operated by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company on the China mail service; she ran aground and was wrecked off the coast of Ceylon in February 1858.
• SS Ava (1862) – Steamship built 1862, operated between India and Burma, scrapped 1890.^[1]
• SS Ava (1873) – Steamship built 1873, owned by British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., sunk 1879 following collision at the mouth of the Hooghly River.^[2]
• SS Ava (1895) – Steamship built 1895, ran aground near Mawlamyine in 1905.^[3]
• SS Ava (1906) – Steamship built 1906, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat SW of Ireland, January 1917.^[4][5]

References

1. "SS AVA built by Archibald Denny Dumbarton". www.clydesite.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
2. "SS Ava (+1879)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
3. "SS Ava (+1905)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
4. "SS Ava (+1917)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
5. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Ava". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 May 2011.