title: SS Fatima
text: # SS Fatima
  
  SS Fatima was the first ship ever registered in Karachi, Pakistan in 1948. It was cargo vessel belonging to East & West Steamship Company.
  
  ## Name
  
  The ship was named after Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the First Lady of Pakistan.
  
  ## History
  
  She was built by Burn and Company, Howrah, Calcutta in 1942. She was then a 'Basset' class naval trawler of the Royal Indian Navy under the name SHILLONG, pennant number T.250, deployed in anti-submarine and minesweeping duties. Her engine was a triple-expansion steam engine built by Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew. Sold out of the navy in 1947 and converted to a cargo ship in 1948. On 11 August 1948, she was registered at the newly established Port of Registry at Karachi.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  * Gross tonnage: 671
  * LOA: 153 feet
  
  ## Fate
  
  It was scrapped in March 1962.
  
  