SS Abbassieh
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Abbassieh |
| Owner | Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company |
| Builder | Scott & Co, Greenock |
| Yard number | 269 |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1889 as SS Mocambique |
| Completed | 19 Nov 1889 |
| In service | March 1900 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 3,199 tons |
| Length | 110.79m |
| Beam | 12.86m |
| Propulsion | Triple-expansion steam engine, Single screw |
| Speed | 10 knots (18.5 kmh) |
| Capacity | 77 first class, 49 second class, 350 deck passengers |
Remarks
Launched as Mocambique for the Mala Real Portugueza, Lisbon, for service to the Portuguese African colonies. In 1902 she was sold to W MacAndrew, Lisbon, and renamed Alvarez Cabral. Resold again in 1902, this time to the Prince Line Ltd, Newcastle, and renamed Sicilian Prince for the Livorno/Genoa/Naples/Palermo/New York service. In 1908 she was chartered to Northwest Transport Line for four Rotterdam - Halifax - New York voyages. In 1910 she was sold to Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company Ltd, London, and renamed Abbassieh.
During 1915 she appears to have had a regular troop run between Mudros and the Dardanelles landing sites. In 1919 a takeover of the Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company Ltd by P&O was agreed, and ship now a part of the P & O fleet until she was scrapped in Italy during 1931.
Soldiers carried
Gallipoli to Mudross 14 Dec 1915
10th Light Horse Regiment and others, including