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+ | | shipname = HMAT A59 Botanist | ||
+ | | shipowner = Harrison T. & J. Ltd. - Charente S.S. Co., Liverpool | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd., Meadowside | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = 476 | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = 1912 | ||
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+ | | shipfate = ran aground - wrecked | ||
+ | | shiptype = cargo / horse transport | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 7,688 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 143.1m | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 17.8m | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 9.8m | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = single screw | ||
+ | | shipspeed = 13 knots (24.08 kph) | ||
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− | + | ==Remarks== | |
+ | Owned by the Charente Steam Ship Ltd, Liverpool and leased by the Commonwealth making four voyages as a troop ship before her control was passed to the British Admiralty on 6 Dec 1916. | ||
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− | + | After WW1 was used on the Calcutta - London route. The ''BOTANIST'' was wrecked on March 24th, 1920, on Komuriya Reef, on the East coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) while on a voyage from Calcutta to London with general cargo. Her passengers were rescued by '' SS Arracan''. No casualties. | |
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− | + | ===Melbourne to Suez 23 November - 21 December 1915 === | |
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− | == | + | ===Other Voyages=== |
− | * | + | * 2 June 1915 from Adelaide |
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 13:36, 12 October 2021
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Remarks
Owned by the Charente Steam Ship Ltd, Liverpool and leased by the Commonwealth making four voyages as a troop ship before her control was passed to the British Admiralty on 6 Dec 1916.
After WW1 was used on the Calcutta - London route. The BOTANIST was wrecked on March 24th, 1920, on Komuriya Reef, on the East coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) while on a voyage from Calcutta to London with general cargo. Her passengers were rescued by SS Arracan. No casualties.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Suez 23 November - 21 December 1915
Other Voyages
- 2 June 1915 from Adelaide