SS Golconda (1887)

SS Golconda was a 5,874 gross ton passenger ship built in 1887 by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England. She was 422 ft long with a beam of 41.8 ft and had two funnels and was operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company. Golconda struck a mine and sank in the North Sea on 3 June 1916, 5 nmi south east by east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52.14167°N, 1.74583°W) with the loss of nineteen lives. She was lost while on a voyage from Tees and London to Calcutta with general cargo.