HMT Nevasa was built in Glasgow and launched in 1913. In the First World War, she was used as both a troopship and a hospital ship, in the North Atlantic, and East Africa, Persian Gulf, Salonika and Mesopotamia campaigns. In between the Wars she was used as a commercial ship for a short period, but was then rebuilt as a troopship with a capacity of 1,000 soldiers. In the Second World War she was used extensively - between the UK, India, Basra, Madagascar and for the Normandy Landings. She was scrapped in 1948.
This postcard was found in a box of mixed cards at a flea market in Oxfordshire, UK.
Sources
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMTroopshipNevasa.html
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=4225
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