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| shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Belfast
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| shiplaunched = 6 Jun 1891
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| shipcompleted = 3 Sep 1891
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| shipfate = torpedoed 10 Jul 1917
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| shiptype = Passenger ship
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| shiptonnage = 5,807 tons
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| shiplength = 445 ft (135.64m)
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| shipbeam = 49 ft (14.94m)
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| shipdepth = 30 ft (9.14m)
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| shipspeed = 12 knots (22kmph)
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==Remarks==
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Launched on 6th June 1891 as the ''Cheshire'' and when delivered on 3rd September to the Bibby Steamship Company the service to Burma became monthly. In 1900 she was requisitioned as a troopship for use during the Boer War. In 1911 she was replaced in the Bibby Line fleet by the ''Gloucestershire'' and was sold to Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon who renamed her ''Seang Choon''.   
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Requisitioned in 1915 as a troopship, she made one trip with troops to Egypt before becoming a hospital ship involved with the Dardanelles campaign and then was active between India and the UK. She made two additional voyages from Australia as a troop ship in 1916.
  
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During a voyage from Sydney, NSW to Liverpool via Dakar with a general cargo, she was torpedoed by U-87 ten miles southwest of Fastnet with the loss of 19 lives. Carried as part of her general cargo, 400 tons of copper and 601 tons of lead. 350 tons of copper and 601 tons of lead were later salvaged as they were insured for £55,000.
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==Soldiers carried==
  
==Remarks==
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===Mudros to Alexandria 30 April - 2 May 1915===
Built for the Bibby Line and named the Cheshire, she was used during the Boer War as a troopship.
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* † [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
  
In 1910 she was sold to Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon and renamed as the Seang Choon.  Taken over in 1915 as a troopship, and made one trip with troops to Egypt before becoming a hospital ship involved with the Dardanelles campaign.  Made two additional voyages from Australia as a troop ship in 1916.
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===Port Suez - Melbourne 17 July - 17 August 1916===
 
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* [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
Torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland on 10 Jul 1917 while on a voyage from Sydney to London by submarine U-87 with 19 lives lost.
 
 
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
  
==Mudros to Alexandria 30 April - 2 May 1915==
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===Other Voyages===
*[[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
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* 11 February 1915 from Sydney & 13 February 1915 from Brisbane
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* 4 May 1916 from Brisbane & 8 May 1916 from Hobart, Tasmania
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* 19 September 1916 from Brisbane & 23 September 1916 from Melbourne
  
==Port Suez - Melbourne 17 July 1916 - 17 Aug 1916==
 
*[[Percy Francis Keenan]]
 
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 12:58, 12 October 2021

HMAT A49 Seang Choon
HMAT A49 Seang Choon.jpg
State Library of NSW a639566
HMAT A49 Seang Choon 1.jpg.jpg
Brisbane c1915 AWM H02243
History
Name HMAT A49 Seang Choon
Builder Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched 6 Jun 1891
Completed 3 Sep 1891
Fate torpedoed 10 Jul 1917
General characteristics
Type Passenger ship
Tonnage 5,807 tons
Length 445 ft (135.64m)
Beam 49 ft (14.94m)
Depth 30 ft (9.14m)
Speed 12 knots (22kmph)


Remarks

Launched on 6th June 1891 as the Cheshire and when delivered on 3rd September to the Bibby Steamship Company the service to Burma became monthly. In 1900 she was requisitioned as a troopship for use during the Boer War. In 1911 she was replaced in the Bibby Line fleet by the Gloucestershire and was sold to Lim Chin Tsong of Rangoon who renamed her Seang Choon.


Requisitioned in 1915 as a troopship, she made one trip with troops to Egypt before becoming a hospital ship involved with the Dardanelles campaign and then was active between India and the UK. She made two additional voyages from Australia as a troop ship in 1916.

During a voyage from Sydney, NSW to Liverpool via Dakar with a general cargo, she was torpedoed by U-87 ten miles southwest of Fastnet with the loss of 19 lives. Carried as part of her general cargo, 400 tons of copper and 601 tons of lead. 350 tons of copper and 601 tons of lead were later salvaged as they were insured for £55,000.

Soldiers carried

Mudros to Alexandria 30 April - 2 May 1915

Port Suez - Melbourne 17 July - 17 August 1916

Other Voyages

  • 11 February 1915 from Sydney & 13 February 1915 from Brisbane
  • 4 May 1916 from Brisbane & 8 May 1916 from Hobart, Tasmania
  • 19 September 1916 from Brisbane & 23 September 1916 from Melbourne