HMAT A48 Seang Bee
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 Postcard published during WW1, photographer unknown | |
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A48 Seang Bee |
| Owner | Bibby Line, Rangoon |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Fate | scrapped 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo (twin screws) |
| Tonnage | 5,849 tons |
| Length | 138.8m |
| Beam | 15.0m |
| Speed | 13 knots (24.1 kph) |
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Remarks
Originally built for the Bibby Line, in 1914 with the name Shropshire it was owned by Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon by 1909, and was leased by the Commonwealth until 12 May 1917 when her management was taken over by the British Admiralty. She made four trips to the UK from Australian ports as a troopship.
Soldiers carried
Sydney to Alexandria 2 December 1914 - 11 February 1915
Alexandria to Lemnos Island 12 - 15 April 1915
Fremantle to Plymouth 19 July - 9 September 1916
Embarkation occurred on the 18th
- Patrick Francis Brennan
- David Edward Bromley
- Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland
- Frederick Ernest Capstick
- Ernest Henry Chisholm
- Herbert Dunbar Cousens
- † Reuben Leeuwin Cousens
- Charles Fielder
- † Arthur Thomas Feast
- Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale
- William Henry Gibbs
- † William Hall
- Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty
- Alfred James Hansen MM
- Paul Henzell Hemy
- Ellis Henry Hill
- Leo Patrick Kane
- † George Andrew King
- † Arthur Lewis
- Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis
- † Reginald Peter Lewis
- William Edward McKenna
- Robert Poole
- Frederick James Powell
- Thomas Henry Rice
- William Thomas Saw
- † Albert Edward See
- † Thomas Joseph Sheehan
- James Clarence Taylor
- Sidney Francis Till
- William Paul (Layton) Walton