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No. 71 - Cestrian

F. Leyland & Co. (1900), Ltd.

Master: E. Thomas
Chief Officer: William H. Waters
Chief Engineer: A. Ferguson
1st Officer: R. Logie
2nd Officer: J.A. Thornton
2nd Engineer: R. McGregor
3rd Engineer: W. Ward


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 23 Nov 1899 (but did not enter into pay until 1 Dec 1899)
69th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty.
Carried cavalry only.

Period of engagement: 1 Dec 1899 to 23 Jan 1900

Total days at sea: 21
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 28 officers, 2 warrant officers, 764 men, 479 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £49,845

Note: the Cestrian had the shortest period of engagement of all the ABW transports: 53 days (21 days at sea)



.Dec 1899




Chief Officer William H. WATERS, s.s. Cestrian





Curriculum vitae of Chief Officer William H. WATERS
"During the time I was with F. Leyland & Co., I, as Chief Officer of the 'Cestrian' carried troops to South Africa and received the King's medal in recognition of my services"

William H. Waters appears in the 1901 Census, aged 39 and living at 18 Beaconsfield Road, Seaforth, Lancaster. He is listed as a Master Mariner, living with his wife Julia (aged 42) and two daughters (Dora J, aged 6 and Charlotte E, aged 3). He was born c.1862 in Piccadilly, London.






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No. 18 - Pavonia

Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

Master: J.J. Atkin
Chief Officer: S. Jones
Chief Engineer: J. Miller
2nd Officer: A. Bryce / J. Firth
2nd Engineer: Alexander Charters
3rd Engineer: George Weir Bain
Purser: G.W. Clarke


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 1 Oct 1899
9th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty.
Carried infantry only.

Period of engagement: 3 Oct 1899 to 9 Jun 1900

Total days at sea: 79
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 86 officers, 4 warrant officers, 2,714 men, 3 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 23 officers, 352 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £63,203



.Oct 1899 - Feb 1900




_Early Imperial War Museum photographic postcard of "H.M. Transport Pavonia (No 18)"






.Mistakenly posted as the Cephalonia (Pavonia's sister ship, Transport No. 19) at the beginning of this topic.





.The Pavonia was the only Transport that was unable to enter Durban Harbour, troops having to disembark via lighters.
.The above photograph shows the Royal Fusiliers and Scots Fusiliers landing at Durban on 24 Nov 1899.






.S.S. Pavonia Steam Yacht, oil on canvas, signed lower left "A. Jacobsen"







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No.63 - Dictator

Charente Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (which became T. & J. Harrison Ltd.)

Master: G. Jeffery
Chief Officer: J.P. Davies
Chief Engineer: W.G. Baxter
2nd Officer: W.M. Booth
3rd Officer: H.M. Hughes
2nd Engineer: G. Mills
3rd Engineer: J. Walton


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 16 Oct 1899
39th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty
Carried infantry only

Period of engagement: 16 Oct 1899 to 19 Apr 1900

Total days at sea: 108
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 46 officers, 1 warrant officer, 1,888 men, 2 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 2 officers, 109 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £34,517



.Nov 1899 - Feb 1900







.Photograph originally posted by Paul Dunn






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No. 16 - Bavarian

Allan Line Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

Master: A. Macnicol
Chief Officer: J.T. Gambell / J.E. Stitch / D. Tannock
Chief Engineer: D. Gollan
Supernumerary Chief Officer: M.R.W. Higginson
2nd Officer: V. Coombe
2nd Engineer: A. Gillespie
3rd Engineer: F.B. Hill
Supernumerary 2nd Officer: A. Freer
Purser: J. Stewart
Surgeon: R.S. Carnegie


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 30 Sep 1899
43rd Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty.

Period of engagement: 19 Oct 1899 to 27 Sep 1902

Total days at sea: 478
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 601 officers, 16 warrant officers, 15,274 men, 46 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 521 officers, 14,308 N.C.O.'s & men, 43 women & children, 15 horses
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £459,850
Remarks: 85 families also embarked at Lisbon in July 1902 for the Cape



.Nov 1899 - Jul 1900









.Officers of the Connaught Rangers on the deck of the Bavarian





.Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool














.Raphael Tuck & Sons oilette (1904)








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Indian Transport No. 28 - Lindula

British India Steam Navigation Co.

Master: W.L. Stewart
Chief Officer: F. Chappell / R.H. Scott
Chief Engineer: A. Ness
2nd Officer: E.F. Jones / N.P. Hocking / C.H. Woodley
3rd Officer: D.N. Shillinglaw
2nd Engineer: D.G. McGeachin
3rd Engineer: A. McLaren


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

20th & 27th Indian Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Periods of engagement: 22 Sep 1899 to 27 Oct 1899 and 25 Dec 1899 to 10 May 1900

Total numbers transported to South Africa: 43 officers, 508 N.C.O.'s & men, 97 natives, 555 horses, 26 mules
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £27,653

Note: transported "A" Company, Lumsden's Horse to S. Africa



. Sep 1899 - Jan 1900




."A" Company, Lumsden's Horse embarking at Calcutta, 26 Feb 1900 (Pearse 1903, p. 52)






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Indian Transport No. 33 [or 36?] - Ujina

British India Steam Navigation Co.

Master: J. Kilpatrick
Chief Officer: E.G. Carre / J.A. Davidson
Chief Engineer: W.B. Primrose
2nd Officer: T.R. Watson
3rd Officer: J.A. Sidgreaves
2nd Engineer: W.B. London
3rd Engineer: T. Mackay [McKay]


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

35th Indian Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 5 Jan 1900 to 10 May 1900

Total numbers transported to South Africa: 15 officers, 330 N.C.O.'s & men, 119 natives, 442 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £28,872

Note: transported "B" Company, Lumsden's Horse to S. Africa



.Jan 1900




."B" Company, Lumsden's Horse embarking at Calcutta, 3 March 1900 (Pearse 1903, p. 65).
Note: The "Englishman's Overland Mail" (16 Aug 1900) states that the Ujina was designated Transport No. 36. If correct, this photograph does not show the the ship that "B" Company Lumsden's Horse sailed on.






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