HMT Briton
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Briton |
| Owner | Union Steam Ship Company (later Union-Castle Line) |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 5 Jun 1897 |
| Completed | 1897 |
| Out of service | 1926 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Royal Mail Ship |
| Tonnage | 10,248 tons |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
Remarks
Originally built for the Union Steamship Company and transferred to the Union Castle Line in 1900, and scrapped in 1926. Many of her voyages, both in peacetime and wartime, were between Great Britain and South Africa, and she served as a troopship during both the Boer War and World War I.
On 25 Dec 1918 she departed Dervonport for Australi and New Zealand