By Nilaish "Watermark papers of currency notes were sent by Portals to India in S.S. Breda (Ship), the paper had two different Kings watermark for the 5 & 10 Rupees notes!" S.S. Breda History: The Breda was a 5 hold cargo steamship of 6941 GRT and 402 feet long, built in 1921 by the New Waterway Shipbuilding Co at Schiedam. She has a single screw and power by turbines, with four boilers producing the steam. After the invasion of the Netherlands during WW2, she escaped to Britain and taken over by P&O lines. At this time she was armed with a single 4.7″ (120mm) gun and used in convoys as she had considerable hold space and could take nearly 90 passengers. Shaken by nearby bombs dropped from a German Heinkel 111 bomber, her engine rooms flooded and as they tried to tow her to safety, she listed and sank, 23rd December 1940. Lying at 30 metres (100 ft) deep at the mouth of Loch Etive just north of Oban, on the west coast of Scotland. Indian Cu...
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