Difference between revisions of "HMT Burma"
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| image = [[File:HMT_Burma.jpg]] | | image = [[File:HMT_Burma.jpg]] | ||
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| shipname = HMT Burma | | shipname = HMT Burma | ||
| shipowner = British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. | | shipowner = British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. | ||
| shipbuilder = William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland | | shipbuilder = William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
| − | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 1011 |
| − | | shiplaunched = | + | | shiplaunched = 21 Aug 1914 |
| − | | shipcompleted = 1914 | + | | shipcompleted = 31 Oct 1914 |
| shipinservice = 1914 | | shipinservice = 1914 | ||
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| shiptype = Passenger / cargoe ship | | shiptype = Passenger / cargoe ship | ||
| shiptonnage = 7,470 tons | | shiptonnage = 7,470 tons | ||
| − | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 466.5 ft |
| − | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 58.1 ft |
| − | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 33.2 ft |
| − | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = steel screw |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Used on the UK to Brazil route. She was later sold to | + | Used on the UK to Brazil route. She was later sold in 1949 to Cia.de.Nav Florencia and renamed ''SS Florentia'', and in 1953 to Pan-Islamic Steam Ship Co who named her ''Safina-E-Nusrat''. |
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Burma |
| Owner | British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. |
| Builder | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Yard number | 1011 |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1914 |
| Completed | 31 Oct 1914 |
| In service | 1914 |
| Fate | scrapped in 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargoe ship |
| Tonnage | 7,470 tons |
| Length | 466.5 ft |
| Beam | 58.1 ft |
| Depth | 33.2 ft |
| Propulsion | steel screw |
Remarks
Used on the UK to Brazil route. She was later sold in 1949 to Cia.de.Nav Florencia and renamed SS Florentia, and in 1953 to Pan-Islamic Steam Ship Co who named her Safina-E-Nusrat.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 26 July - 22 August 1919
- John Arthur Butcher
- Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke
- John Henry Hart
- Thomas Herbert Pierssene aka Thomas Herbert Pierssene