SS Leicestershire

History
Name	SS Leicestershire
Builder/Built	1909 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Type	Ocean Liner (twin screw)
Displacement	8,059 tons
Speed	15 knots

Remarks

Built for the Bibby Line to carry 230 single class passengers.

In 1917 she was requisitioned for troop use, and after taking troops to northern Russia in 1918 she made one voyage to Melbourne, Australia carrying returning troops.

Following her Australian trip she was handed back to her owners who converted her from coal burning to oil burning and she then continued on the UK - Rangoon route until 1930.

Liverpool to Fremantle 10 December 1918 - 15 January 1919

Troops boarded this vessel on the 9th.

• Stanley Victor Coney
• Albert Helliwell
• Roby Helliwell
• Herbert Stanley (Bert) Jones From Port Suez 23 Dec 1919
• Henry George Price
• Spencer Gwynne DCM MID From Port Suez 23 Dec 1919

England to Fremantle 3 May 1919 - 11 June 1919

• Richard Evans MM