MV Domala

History
United Kingdom
Name	1920: Magvana 1921: Domala 1940: Empire Attendant
Namesake	Domala, Punjab
Owner	1921: British India SN Co 1940: Ministry of Shipping 1941: Ministry of War Transport
Operator	1941: Andrew Weir & Co
Port of registry	Glasgow
Route	London – Suez Canal – Calcutta
Builder	Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch
Yard number	579
Launched	23 December 1920
Completed	14 December 1921
Identification	UK official number 146266 until 1933: code letters KLFG by 1930: call sign GDMV
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 1942
General characteristics
Type	1921: cargo liner 1941: cargo ship
Tonnage	1922: 8,551 GRT, 5,134 NRT, 10,400 DWT 1941: 7,524 GRT, 4,529 NRT
Length	464.0 ft (141.4 m) overall 450.0 ft (137.2 m) registered
Beam	58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Draught	1922: 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m) 1941: 27 ft 5+3⁄4 in (8.38 m)
Depth	32.9 ft (10.0 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1922: 963 NHP 1927: 1,085 NHP
Propulsion	2 × 4-stroke diesel engines 2 × screws
Speed	13.6 knots (25.2 km/h)
Capacity	cargo: 516,000 cubic feet (14,611 m3) passengers: 1921: 100 × 1st + 50 × 2nd class 1928: 111 in one class 1934: 140 in one class
Crew	1921: 140 1942: 50 crew + 9 DEMS gunners
Sensors and processing systems	as built: submarine signalling by 1927: wireless direction finding
Notes	sister ship: Dumana

MV Domala was a British cargo liner that was launched in 1920 as Magvana, but completed in 1921 as Domala. She was the first major ocean-going passenger ship to be built in the United Kingdom as a motor ship.

The British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) owned and operated her until 1940, when she was bombed by a German aircraft and burnt out. She was rebuilt for the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) as the cargo ship Empire Attendant. Andrew Weir & Company managed her for the MoS, and for its successor the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), until a U-boat sank her with all hands in 1942.