SS Leicestershire
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Leicestershire |
| Builder/Built | 1909 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | Ocean Liner (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 8,059 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Bibby Line to carry 230 single class passengers.
In 1917 she was requisitioned for troop use, and after taking troops to northern Russia in 1918 she made one voyage to Melbourne, Australia carrying returning troops.
Following her Australian trip she was handed back to her owners who converted her from coal burning to oil burning and she then continued on the UK - Rangoon route until 1930.
List of soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 9 December 1918 - 15 January 1919
- Albert Helliwell
- Roby Helliwell
- Herbert Stanley (Bert) Jones From Port Suez 23 Dec 1919
- Henry George Price
- Spencer Gwynne DCM MID From Port Suez 23 Dec 1919