HMAT A48 Seang Bee
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 Postcard published during WW1, photographer unknown | |
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| 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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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
Alexandria to Lemnos Island 12 - 15 April 1915
Fremantle to Plymouth 19 July - 9 September 1916
Embarkation occurred on the 18th
- Patrick Francis Brennan
- David Edward Bromley
- Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland
- Frederick Ernest Capstick
- Ernest Henry Chisholm
- Herbert Dunbar Cousens
- † Reuben Leeuwin Cousens
- Charles Fielder
- † Arthur Thomas Feast
- Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale
- William Henry Gibbs
- † William Hall
- Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty
- Alfred James Hansen MM
- Paul Henzell Hemy
- Ellis Henry Hill
- Leo Patrick Kane
- † George Andrew King
- † Arthur Lewis
- Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis
- † Reginald Peter Lewis
- William Edward McKenna
- Robert Poole
- Frederick James Powell
- Thomas Henry Rice
- William Thomas Saw
- † Albert Edward See
- † 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