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No. 52 - Ismore

Ismore Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (Johnston Line)

WRECKED EN ROUTE TO THE CAPE, 3 DEC 1899

Master: Frederick Crosby (suspended for six months after losing his ship)
Chief Officer: Edward Mylrea Donovan
Chief Engineer:
2nd Officer: Patrick George Lewis (censured after the loss of the ship)
3rd Officer: Thomas George McKenzie
2nd Engineer:
3rd Engineer: Wallace Anderson
Quartermaster: Albert Poole / Donald Phillips

NOTE: There is no record of officers of the Ismore receiving Transport Medals. This almost certainly reflects the fact that the ship ran aground and broke up before reaching the Cape.



Admiralty Return, 13 Aug 1903

Date of Admiralty agreement: 8 Oct 1899
47th Transport to be engaged by the Admiralty

Period of engagement: 21 Oct 1899 to 3 Dec 1899

Total days at sea: 25 (sank en route to the Cape)
Total numbers transported to South Africa: 18 officers, 11 warrant officers, 446 men, 335 horses
Total numbers transported from South Africa: NONE (sank en route to the Cape)
Total cost (hire, fittings, coal and port dues): £22,118








Scarce unbranded stereoview: "10TH HUSSARS ON S.S. ISMORE". Note the two sailors with the ship's name emblazoned across their chests.


SEE ALSO: No. 52 - Ismore (1)
SEE ALSO: No. 52 - Ismore (2)

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