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At the next Noble Numismatics auction is a picture of the Persic but there is no image of the lot.

Described as:

BOER WAR, print of a painting of the Boer War transport ship, S. S. Persic, mat framed under perspex with a decorative golden timber frame (approx 70x52cm), together with research. Uncirculated.

In 1899 S. S. Persic transported British troops to the Boer War and after some repairs she took home Australian casualties from the war. During WWI she served again as a troopship until she was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Despite being damaged she was able to make it back to port under her own power. After the war she was refitted as a passenger vessel with the White Star Line.

2nd Rifle Brigade landing from H M Troopship Jelunga

Source: Chaplains at the Front

Original sketch glued on card board depicting unloading of goods, probably at Durban, in the first months of the war. This sketch is unsigned (M.T. Maud?, G.K. Jones?) and was meant for publication on 23 November 1899 , probably in the Daily Graphic.

No. 21 - Catalonia

Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd

Master: J.C. Barr
Chief Officer: W.F.D. Taylor
Chief Engineer: J. Stewart
1st Officer: R.G. Staveley
2nd Officer: O. Thomas
2nd Engineer: A. Adam
3rd Engineer: H. Grindley
Purser: J.W. Lancaster


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 1 Oct 1899
49th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty.
Carried Infantry only.

Period of engagement: 21 Oct 1899 to 15 Apr 1901

Total days at sea: 109
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 40 officers, 2 warrant officer, 1,140 men, 6 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 32 officers, 1,404 N.C.O.'s & men, 1 horse
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £91,409



.With thanks to Tinus le Roux

The Catalonia at Durban, 5 December 1899, disembarking 5th Brig. Staff; 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; a detachment of No 16 [Bearer] Company, R.A.M.C.; and No 11 Co. Army Ordnance Corps. The ship sailed from Liverpool on 3 Nov 1899, stopping off at Queenstown on 5 Nov 1899, where all of the above troops apart from the A.O.C. embarked.







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Indian Transport No. 29 - Lawada

British India Steam Navigation Co.

Master: T.J. Grier
Chief Officer: C.S. Emmett / R.H. Sewell
Chief Engineer: J. Williamson
2nd Officer: J.H. Galgey
3rd Officer: W.B. Johnston
2nd Engineer: H.L. McCulloch / D. Brown
3rd Engineer: J.H. Chew / J. Smith


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

34th Indian Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Mar 1900

Total numbers transported to South Africa: 6 officers, 1 N.C.O., 84 natives, 211 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £12,799

The transport Lawada left Bombay Jan 10 [1900] for Durban with 204 horses (The Times, 11/01/1900).





."B" Squadron 3rd Bombay Cavalry embarking for China, Kidderpur Docks, Calcutta, 9 August 1900 (Navy & Army Illustrated, 22/09/1900).






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Indian Transport No. 35 - Fazilka

British India Steam Navigation Co.

Master: G.J. Goss
Chief Officer: D.F. McDonald
Chief Engineer: L.M. Brown
2nd Officer: H. Levison
3rd Officer: H. Hobday
2nd Engineer: A. MacKay
3rd Engineer: W.J. Meredith


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

28th Indian Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 27 Dec 1899 to 10 Feb 1900

Total numbers transported to South Africa: 8 officers, 182 N.C.O.'s & men, 192 horses, 12 mules
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £9,459

Dateline Bombay, Jan 6 [1900]. The 16th Lancers left this afternoon for SA in the transports Landula, Fazilka and Narrung. (The Times, 08/01/1900).





."D" Squadron 3rd Bombay Cavalry, Dhunjibhoy's 9 Ambulance Tongas, etc., embarking for China, Kidderpur Docks, Calcutta, 9 August 1900 (Navy & Army Illustrated, 22/09/1900).






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