Difference between revisions of "HMAT A48 Seang Bee"

HMAT A48 Seang Bee
	Postcard published during WW1, photographer unknown
	Bibby Lines archives
History
Name	HMAT A48 Seang Bee
Owner	Bibby Steamship Company, Rangoon
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched	27 Jul 1891
Completed	3 Oct 1891
Reclassified	Passenger ship
Fate	scrapped 1931
General characteristics
Type	passenger / cargo (twin screws)
Tonnage	5,849 tons
Length	445 ft (138.8m)
Beam	15.0m
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	14.5 knots (24.1 kph)
Capacity	100 first class passengers; 750 troops
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 12 October 2021

Remarks

Originally built for the Bibby Line, in 1891 with the name Shropshire it was owned by Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon by 1909 and operated by the China & Southern Trading Company. She was leased by the Commonwealth until 12 May 1917 when her management was taken over by the British Admiralty. She made two trips to Egypt and two to the UK from Australian ports as a troopship.

She was returned to her owners in 1919, and was sold in 1924, 1925 and 1929 without her name changing. Seang Bee was broken up in 1931.

On 9 Dec 1923 6 tahils of raw opium were found in the baggage belonging to a passenger from China. He was fed $10 (Singapore ). A female passenger from China with 10 tahils of prepared opium was discharged with a caution.

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

Other Voyages

11 February 1915 from Sydney & 13 February 1915 from Brisbane,
21 October 1915 from Brisbane, Queensland
10 February 1917 from Adelaide, South Australia

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+==Remarks==
+Originally built for the Bibby Line, in 1891 with the name ''Shropshire'' it was owned by Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon by 1909 and operated by the China & Southern Trading Company. She was leased by the Commonwealth until 12 May 1917 when her management was taken over by the British Admiralty.  She made two trips to Egypt and two to the UK from Australian ports as a troopship.
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+She was returned to her owners in 1919, and was sold in 1924, 1925 and 1929 without her name changing. ''Seang Bee'' was broken up in 1931.
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+On 9 Dec 1923 6 tahils of raw opium were found in the baggage belonging to a passenger from China. He was fed $10 (Singapore ). A female passenger from China with 10 tahils of prepared opium was discharged with a caution.
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-==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==
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 ===Fremantle to Plymouth 19 July - 9 September 1916===
+Embarkation occurred on the 18th <br>
 * [[Patrick Francis Brennan]]
 * [[David Edward Bromley]]
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 * † [[Reuben Leeuwin Cousens]]
 * [[Charles Fielder]]
-* [[Arthur Thomas Feast]]
+* † [[Arthur Thomas Feast]]
 * [[Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale]]
 * [[William Henry Gibbs]]
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 * [[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]]
 * [[Alfred James Hansen MM]]
+* [[Paul Henzell Hemy]]
 * [[Ellis Henry Hill]]
 * [[Leo Patrick Kane]]
 * † [[George Andrew King]]
-* [[Arthur Lewis]]
+* † [[Arthur Lewis]]
 * [[Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis]]
-* [[Reginald Peter Lewis]]
+* † [[Reginald Peter Lewis]]
 * [[William Edward McKenna]]
 * [[Robert Poole]]
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 * [[Thomas Henry Rice]]
 * [[William Thomas Saw]]
-* [[Albert Edward See]]
+* † [[Albert Edward See]]
-* [[Thomas Joseph Sheehan]]
+* † [[Thomas Joseph Sheehan]]
 * [[James Clarence Taylor]]
 * [[Sidney Francis Till]]
 * [[William Paul (Layton) Walton]]
+===Other Voyages===
+* 11 February 1915 from Sydney & 13 February 1915 from Brisbane,
+* 21 October 1915 from Brisbane, Queensland
+* 10 February 1917 from Adelaide, South Australia
 [[Category:Ships]]