Difference between revisions of "HMAT A48 Seang Bee"

	Postcard published during WW1, photographer unknown
History
Name	HMAT A48 Seang Bee
Builder/Built	1891 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Type	passenger / cargo (twin screws)
Displacement	5,849 tons
Speed	13 knots
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Revision as of 22:23, 4 July 2021

Remarks

Originally built for the Bibby Line, in 1914 it was owned by Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon, 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. Previously known as the Shropshire.

Soldiers carried

Sydney to Alexandria 2 December 1914 - 11 February 1915

Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews

Alexandria to Lemnos Island 12 - 15 April 1915

Fremantle to Plymouth 19 July - 9 September 1916

Embarkation occurred on the 18th

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