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No. 64 - Atlantian

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

Master: W.S. Wallace
Chief Officer: W.J. Dickinson
Chief Engineer: G.H. Jolly
2nd Officer: J. Troughton
3rd Officer: J. McCormick
2nd Engineer: J.R. Moore
3rd Engineer: H. Lowrie / G.W. Rutter / G.F. Shearer
Purser: J. Williams


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 7 Nov 1899
63rd Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty
Carried cavalry only

Period of engagement: 16 Nov 1899 to 20 Jul 1901

Total days at sea: 174
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 47 officers, 2 warrant officers, 945 men, 827 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 36 officers, 786 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £188,507



.Dec 1899








The Bushmen's Contingent Souvenir, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney 1900, p. 10





.The 1st Tasmanian Bushmen Contingent leave the Hobart wharf for South Africa, 1900, photographed by J.W. Beattie.






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Neville_C wrote: No. 64 - Atlantian

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

Master: W.S. Wallace
Chief Officer: W.J. Dickinson
Chief Engineer: G.H. Jolly
2nd Officer: J. Troughton
3rd Officer: J. McCormick
2nd Engineer: J.R. Moore
3rd Engineer: H. Lowrie / G.W. Rutter / G.F. Shearer
Purser: J. Williams

Alec George Troughton, father of Patrick Troughton (the second Doctor Who), may also have been a naval man - I can't get a larger copy of the photo to be sure. Perhaps related to 2nd Officer J. Troughton?

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No. 68 - Majestic

Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (White Star Line)

Master: Edward John Smith (Captain of the Titanic)
Chief Officer: J.O. Carter
Chief Engineer: J. Barber
1st Officer: A.E. Rimmer
2nd Officer: H.M. Dibb
Senior 2nd Engineer: A.H. Stewart
Junior 2nd Engineer: J. Furlong
Surgeon: A.W. MacKenzie


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 13 Nov 1899
70th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 2 Dec 1899 to 11 Apr 1900

Total days at sea: 73
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 156 officers, 3 warrant officers, 3,585 men, 15 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 53 officers, 481 N.C.O.'s & men, 2 women & children
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £121,393



.Dec 1899 - Feb 1900













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No. 74 - Cymric

Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (White Star Line)

Master: H. St G. Lindsay
Chief Officer: W.S. Atkin
Chief Engineer: H.C. Boyle
1st Officer: F.B. Howarth
2nd Officer: F. Mace
2nd Engineer: W. Rees
3rd Engineer: S. Wilson
Purser: H. McElroy


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 12 Dec 1899
72nd Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty
Carried cavalry only

Period of engagement: 13 Dec 1899 to 10 May 1900

Total days at sea: 84
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 143 officers, 5 warrant officers, 2,661 men, 872 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 15 officers, 214 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £110,807



.Jan - Feb 1900









."Group of Imperial Yeomanry on SS Cymric" (originally posted by Paul Dunn)






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No. 76 - City of Rome

Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.) Ltd.

Master: W. Baxter
Chief Officer: J. Blaikie
Chief Engineer: J. Murray
2nd Officer: A. Moffat
3rd Officer: R.H. Brown
Senior 2nd Engineer: W. Grass
Junior 2nd Engineer: A. Gordon
Surgeon: A.C. Wilson


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 21 Dec 1899
78th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 27 Dec 1899 to 24 Mar 1900

Total days at sea: 45
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 82 officers, 2 warrant officers, 1,823 men, 13 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 17 officers, 238 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £50,251



.Jan 1900


Dundee Evening Telegraph, 10th January 1900

CITY OF ROME AS A TRANSPORT.
ALMOST READY TO SAIL.
The work of fitting out the liner City of Rome as a transport at Greenock has been greatly expediated, and she will leave on Monday with the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Regiment. She will embark on Tuesday at Liverpool a further detachment of troops, and will also take on board at Queenstown the 4th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

ATTEMPT TO BLOCK BY SEAMEN’S UNION.
Our Glasgow correspondent says that the Seamen’s and Firemen’s Union are making an effort to block the Anchor Liner City of Rome, now being fitted out as a transport at Greenock. The firemen are holding out for £5 a month.


London Evening Standard, 10th January 1900

From Liverpool we learn that an alteration in the date of the sailing of the steamer City of Rome has been made by the Admiralty. She will leave the Clyde for Liverpool on Monday next, and on Tuesday will take on board at Liverpool 22 officers and 650 non-commissioned officers and men of the 3rd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, and, calling at Queenstown, will take on board the 4th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. At Queenstown the City of Rome will also embark 3 officers and 191 men of the Royal Garrison Artillery for Gibraltar. Before leaving the Clyde she will take on board a large quantity of stores.


Greenock Telegraph, 13th January 1900

THE S.S. CITY OF ROME.
After being fitted up as a transport in James Watt Dock, the Anchor liner City of Rome, now known as “transport 76”, left the dock about ten o’clock this afternoon, and proceeded to the Tail-of-the-Bank, where she will complete her coaling, and also take on board a quantity of hay before taking her departure on Monday for Liverpool to embark troops for South Africa.













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No. 77 - Umbria

Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

Master: T. Dutton
Chief Officer: W.T. Turner
Chief Engineer: P.D. McHardy
1st Officer: G. Stewart
2nd Officer: F. Lyon / G.W. Melsom
2nd Engineer: J. Brown
3rd Engineer: S. Kilpatrick
Surgeon: C. Burland


Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 20 Dec 1899
75th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 22 Dec 1899 to 27 Jun 1900

Total days at sea: 86
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 219 officers, 4 warrant officers, 4,106 men, 18 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: 46 officers, 843 N.C.O.'s & men
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £128,394



.Jan - Mar 1900







.Courtesy of Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Museums






"The Transvaal War Album", 1900, p. 239.





.Published in "The Queen's Empire", Cassell and Co., London, 1900.


Hampshire Advertiser, 13th January 1900

Thursday marked another and important stage in the departure of troops for the front. Hitherto the soldiers who have left Southampton have been regulars, who, in proceeding to the scene of action, have simply obeyed orders, but the men who left in the Umbria and the Nile on Thursday were of a different type. They are purely volunteers, inasmuch as is was purely their desire to be foremost in the defence of the Empire, which caused their appearance at Southampton for embarkation to South Africa. The troops going out are four battalions of Militia, a force which, by the way, has never been estimated at its full value. These form, as it were, the advance guard of a large body of this important line of defence, who are ready to sacrifice everything for their Queen and country. They are worthy successors of the men who assisted materially in the overthrow of Napoleon at Waterloo and of the brave Britons who shed their blood in the Crimea. The Militia of Britain have distinguished themselves in the past, and they will do so now.
The number which embarked on Thursday was 107 officers and 2,850 men, comprising the 4th Battalion Derby Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Col. N.L. Pearce; 6th Royal Warwickshire, Col. H.L.B. McCalmont; 3rd Durham Light Infantry, Col. R.B. Wilson; and the 4th Royal Lancaster, under Lieut.-Col. W. Kemmis. Three of the battalions were for the Umbria, which was moored at the Ocean Quay. The great Cunarder is one of a fleet of vessels which the critics have strongly argued should have been hired by the Government, but whether the latter have acted wisely in the matter of transports or not we will not discuss here. Suffice it to say that the Umbria is admirably adapted for the conveyance of troops. From an early hour the quay to which she was moored was the scene of great activity, which was certainly not in keeping with the surroundings. The weather was beautifully fine, and there being only just a slight breeze, the face of the water was only disturbed by gentle ripples. Altogether it seemed a morning for rest and quietude rather than for bustle and excitement. But the work had to be done, for the soldiers were urgently required in South Africa, and until the appeals of the Generals had been acceded to there could be no rest. The earliest arrivals were the 3rd Durhams, numbering 30 officers and 800 men; and the 6th Warwickshires, consisting of 22 officers and 800 men. It must be admitted that a more sober body of soldiers have not left the port. Their condition would have satisfied even the temperance fraternity. On the whole the men were very young, but full of vigour, which more than balanced the former deficiency. Their bearing was most soldierly, and they obeyed their orders with all the smartness of regulars. The 4th Sherwood Foresters, the total strength of which battalion was 30 officers and 750 men, were also a fine contingent. The Nile, which is the first of the Royal Mail Steampacket Co.’s boats to be chartered, did not receive her compliment until late in the morning. She takes out 25 officers and 700 men of the 4th Lancasters, and calls at Queenstown to pick up the 9th King’s Royal Rifles.
As the majority of the troops were on the Umbria, naturally the spectators, of whom there was a fairly large number, including many ladies, were to be found in the vicinity of this vessel. During the afternoon General Sir Baker Russell, commanding the Southern District, and Col. Napier, chief of the staff, put in an appearance, and made a brief inspection of the men, with whose bearing he was very pleased. While preparations were nearing completion the Nile passed, and was greeted with rousing cheers from the merry soldiers on the Umbria. The Nile, leaving at 3.30, got away smartly to time, not even waiting for a large quantity of baggage. This was, no doubt, due to the fact that she was carrying the mails. Twenty minutes later the Cunarder was ready to proceed. As she was towed away from the quay a band on board played the National Anthem, “Soldiers of the Queen”, “Auld Lang Syne”, and selections from the “Belle of New York”. The troops were given a most enthusiastic send off, and their acknowledgments were equally as demonstrative. The scenes were continued until the ship was well out into Southampton Water. The only untoward incident was the late arrival of a Militiaman, who had managed to get into the town. He made a desperate attempt to be in time to leave with his comrades, but failed by a few minutes. He will probably leave on a later date.





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