HMS Suva

	Suva, circa 1919
History
Name	Suva (1906–1928); Sirius (1928–1929); Bohol (1929–1941);
Namesake	Suva, Bohol
Operator	Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (1906–1928); Madrigal and Company (1928–1929); Fernandez Bros (1929–1941);
Builder	Workman, Clark and Company
Launched	14 December 1905
Fate	Sunk during air raid on Manila in 1942
United Kingdom (RN)
Name	HMS Suva
Commissioned	20 July 1915
Decommissioned	19 December 1919
Fate	Commissioned in RAN
Australia (RAN)
Name	HMAS Suva
Commissioned	23 June 1919
Decommissioned	12 August 1919
Fate	returned to Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,126 gross register tonnage
Length	300.3 ft (92 m)
Beam	41.1 ft (13 m)
Depth	11.8 ft (4 m)
Armament	3 × 4.7 inch naval guns (1915); 2 × 3 pounder naval guns (1919);

HMS Suva was an Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy during World War I. She was also commissioned briefly into the Royal Australian Navy before being returned to her owners. She was sold in 1928 and renamed Sirius and sold again in 1929 and renamed Bohol. An Imperial Japanese air raid on Manila in 1942 during the Second World War sank her.

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