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HMAT A59 Botanist

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HMAT A59 Botanist
HMAT A59 Botanist.jpg
Flotilla Australia.com 1920 image
History
Name HMAT A59 Botanist
Owner Harrison T. & J. Ltd. - Charente S.S. Co., Liverpool
Builder Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd., Meadowside
Yard number 476
Completed 1912
Fate ran aground - wrecked
General characteristics
Type cargo / horse transport
Tonnage 7,688 tons
Length 143.1m
Beam 17.8m
Depth 9.8m
Propulsion single screw
Speed 13 knots (24.08 kph)



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