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Remarks
Owned by the Charente Steam Ship Ltd, Liverpool and leased by the Commonwealth making four voyages as a troop ship before her control was passed to the British Admiralty on 6 Dec 1916.
After WW1 was used on the Calcutta - London route. The BOTANIST was wrecked on March 24th, 1920, on Komuriya Reef, on the East coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) while on a voyage from Calcutta to London with general cargo. Her passengers were rescued by SS Arracan. No casualties.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Suez 23 November - 21 December 1915
Other Voyages
- 2 June 1915 from Adelaide