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+ | | shipname = HMT Burma | ||
+ | | shipowner = British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. & Burmah S.S. Co.Ltd | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = 1011 | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = 21 Aug 1914 | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = 31 Oct 1914 | ||
+ | | shipinservice = 1914 | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice = 1957 | ||
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+ | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
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+ | | shipfate = Broken up in Karachi 1957 | ||
+ | | shiptype = Passenger / cargoe ship | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 7,470 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 466.5 ft (141.85m) | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 58.1 ft (17.71m) | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 33.2 ft (10.10m) | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = steel screw | ||
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− | + | Built for the British and Burmese S.N. Co. Ltd., Glasgow and used on the UK to Brazil route. Sold again 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and renamed ''SS Florentia'', and in 1953 to Pan-Islamic Steam Ship Co who named her ''Safina-E-Nusrat'', before being withdrawn from service and broken up in 1957. | |
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− | == | + | ==Soldiers carried== |
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− | == | + | ===England to Fremantle 26 July - 22 August 1919=== |
+ | * [[John Arthur Butcher]] | ||
+ | * [[Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke]] | ||
+ | * [[John Henry Hart]] | ||
+ | * [[Thomas Herbert Pierssene]] aka Herbert THOMAS | ||
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[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 23:57, 25 October 2021
Remarks
Built for the British and Burmese S.N. Co. Ltd., Glasgow and used on the UK to Brazil route. Sold again 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and renamed SS Florentia, and in 1953 to Pan-Islamic Steam Ship Co who named her Safina-E-Nusrat, before being withdrawn from service and broken up in 1957.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 26 July - 22 August 1919
- John Arthur Butcher
- Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke
- John Henry Hart
- Thomas Herbert Pierssene aka Herbert THOMAS