page_title: HMAS Mallina
hierarchical_section_title: HMAS Mallina
caption_attribution_description: English: Australasian United Steam Navigation's 3,099 GRT cargo ship Mallina, built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1909. The Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1914 and returned her to her owners in 1915.Machida Shokai of Kobe bought her in 1929 and renamed her Seiko Maru. Kita Nippon Kisen bought her in 1935 and renamed her Siberia Maru. Nipponkai Kisen bought her in 1940 and kept her name the same. In September 1944 Allied aircraft sank her in the Philippines.
context_page_description: HMAS Mallina was a 3,213 GRT cargo ship built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1909 as Mallina for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company for the Rockhampton to Sydney cargo route. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, as a store carrier and collier. She was returned to her owners in 1915. She was sold in 1935 to Machida Shokai Kisen Kaisha, Japan and renamed Seiko Maru, before being sold to Kita Nippon Kisen Kaisha and renamed Siberia Maru No. 3, which was later shortened to Siberian Maru. While steaming in the Sulu Sea, Philippines on 24 September 1944, she was attacked by American aircraft of Task Force 38 and sunk with the loss of 158 of the 2,382 people on board.
context_section_description: HMAS Mallina was a 3,213 GRT cargo ship built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1909 as Mallina for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company for the Rockhampton to Sydney cargo route. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, as a store carrier and collier. She was returned to her owners in 1915. She was sold in 1935 to Machida Shokai Kisen Kaisha, Japan and renamed Seiko Maru, before being sold to Kita Nippon Kisen Kaisha and renamed Siberia Maru No. 3, which was later shortened to Siberian Maru. While steaming in the Sulu Sea, Philippines on 24 September 1944, she was attacked by American aircraft of Task Force 38 and sunk with the loss of 158 of the 2,382 people on board.
caption: SS Mallina
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