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| NAME |
BUILT |
FATE |
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19th Century Merchant Cruisers and Troopships
Available to the Royal Navy |
| Don |
1872 |
- |
| Para |
1873 |
- |
| Iberia |
1873 |
- |
| Britannic |
1874 |
- |
| Germanic |
1874 |
- |
| Liguria |
1874 |
- |
| Arizona |
1879 |
- |
| Alaska |
1881 |
- |
| Austral |
1881 |
- |
| Rome |
1881 |
- |
| Servia |
1881 |
- |
| City of Rome |
1881 |
- |
| Clyde |
1881 |
- |
| Thames |
1881 |
- |
| Fulda |
1882 |
- |
| Werra |
1882 |
- |
| Nord America |
1882 |
- |
| La Normandie |
1882 |
- |
| Aurania |
1883 |
- |
| Valetta |
1883 |
- |
| Umbria |
1884 |
- |
| Ems |
1884 |
- |
| Massilia |
1884 |
- |
| La Bourgogne |
1885 |
- |
| La Champagne |
1885 |
- |
| Aller |
1885 |
- |
| Ormuz |
1886 |
- |
| La Bretagne |
1886 |
- |
| La Gascogne |
1886 |
- |
| Saale |
1886 |
- |
| Trave |
1886 |
- |
| Orizaba |
1886 |
- |
| Orotava |
1886 |
- |
| Oruba |
1886 |
- |
| Orinoco |
1886 |
- |
| Lahn |
1887 |
- |
| Britannia |
1887 |
- |
| Victoria |
1887 |
- |
| New York |
1888 |
- |
| Arcadia |
1888 |
- |
| Oceana |
1888 |
- |
| Atrato |
1888 |
- |
| Peninsular |
1888 |
- |
| Alfonso XIII |
1888 |
- |
| Reina Maria Cristina |
1888 |
- |
| Majestic |
1889 |
- |
| Teutonic |
1889 |
- |
| Paris |
1889 |
- |
| Columbia |
1889 |
- |
| Augusta Victoria |
1889 |
- |
| Magdalena |
1889 |
- |
| Australien |
1889 |
- |
| Oriental |
1889 |
- |
| Oroya |
1889 |
- |
| Bresil |
1889 |
- |
| La Plata |
1889 |
- |
| Puritan |
1889 |
- |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II |
1889 |
- |
| La Touraine |
1890 |
- |
| Furst Bismarck |
1890 |
- |
| Havel |
1890 |
- |
| Normannia |
1890 |
- |
| Spree |
1890 |
- |
| Polynesien |
1890 |
- |
| Dunottar Castle |
1890 |
- |
| Ophir |
1891 |
- |
| Scot |
1891 |
- |
| Empress of China |
1891 |
- |
| Empress of India |
1891 |
- |
| Empress of Japan |
1891 |
- |
| Australia |
1892 |
- |
| Himalaya |
1892 |
- |
| Armand Behic |
1892 |
- |
| Ville De La Ciotat |
1892 |
- |
| La Navarre |
1892 |
- |
| Campania |
1893 |
- |
| Lucania |
1893 |
- |
| Danube |
1893 |
- |
| Orcana |
1893 |
- |
| Orellana |
1893 |
- |
| Nile |
1893 |
- |
| Etruria |
1894 |
- |
| Caledonia |
1894 |
- |
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| HMT
Peninsular |
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Peninsular c.1890s.
At an unknown location - seemingly North Africa or the
Mediterranean?
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Unknown troop ship, Malta.
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HMS Tamar.
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HMS Orontes, Suez Canal, 1880s.
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HMT Dunera.
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We understand this ship was involved in the transport of around 2,000
Jews to Sydney, Australia from Britain, arriving in October 1940.
The original card of the photo above has on the reverse dates of a
voyage. These are as follows. Left Southampton September
7th, passed Gibraltar September 11th, Port Said September 17th,
Aden September 22nd, Colombo September 28th. We are not sure
whether these are from the famous voyage or not, but it seems
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HMT Dunera.
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RMS Canberra. At Ascension Island en route to the Falklands, May
1st 1982.
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HMT Empire Orwell.
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HMS Malabar troop ship pictured pre 1896.
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HMS Euphrates troop ship pictured pre 1895.
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SS Corfu, originally a P&O liner but
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Crew member from HMS Balmoral Castle.
From what we can gather, HMS Balmoral Castle was an ex-Union Castle
Line ship, specially taken over by the Admiralty to transport the Prince
of Wales to South Africa to open the country's new Parliament in
1910. However, prior to the ship leaving on its errand, the Prince
of Wales became King George V on the death of King Edward VII, leaving
the Duke of Connaught to sail aboard HMS Balmoral Castle to perform the
ceremony. Also used as a troop ship during the first world war,
landing troops in Gallipoli.
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HMT Neuralia.
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HMT Neuralia.
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HMT Lancashire.
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HMT Dilwara.
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HMT Dorsetshire.
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HMT Nevasa.
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HMT Egra on the Basra River pictured c.1917. A
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HMT Hardinge pictured c.1920
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Troop ship HMT Czar.
Known journey : Left Constantinople April 10th 1920, arrived
Southampton April 20th 1920, possibly returning troops.
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RMS Duchess of York was a Canadian Pacific Lines ship used for
transporting troops.
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RMS Strathmore was a P&O passenger and mail ship A
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RMS Strathmore in Malta Harbour. A
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P&O Passenger ship Carthage A
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Strathaird passenger ship (possibly P&O) A
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HMT Huntsgreen, Southampton, 1922.
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HMT Huntsgreen arriving at Southampton, 22nd May 1922.
Ex German passenger ship (Derfflinger). Captured in 1914 at
Port Said. Operated until 1923 as troopship. Was sold back to
previous German owners and eventually scrapped in 1932.
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HMT Lancashire.
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HMT Lancashire in the 1930s
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White Star Line Queen Mary. Troopship 1940 - 1946.
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HMT Brandenburg.
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Cunard White Star liner SS Scythia A
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Cunard White Star liner SS Scythia A
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Wessex 5 delivering stores to STUFT ships off Ascension Island,
September 1982.
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Wessex 5 (Portland) over MV Alvega, Ascension, September 1982.
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HMT Assaye.
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Troop ship HMS Princess Margaret pictured c.1916. A
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HMT Glengorm Castle.
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HMT Derbyshire
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