Regiment |
Sailed |
Arrived |
Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry - 2nd Battalion |
5 December from Southampton |
20 December at Cape Town |
Vessel |
Built |
Service |
Tonnage |
Briton (3) |
1897 |
1897 Deployed to the Cape Mail Service 1899 Deployed to Trooping Service 1902 Returned to The Cape Mail service 1914 Deployed to Trooping Service 1920 Returned to The Cape Mail Service 1926 Scrapped in Italy |
10248 |
Official Number |
Ship Builder |
Engine Builder |
Engine Type |
HP |
Screws |
106919 |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
Harland & Wolff Belfast |
2 x Steam 3 Cyl |
10500 IHP |
2 |
Master |
From |
To |
J Maloney |
6/1898 |
|
D Griffin |
5/1899 |
6/1901 |
J Rose |
4/1903 |
|
J W Creaghe |
7/1901 |
5/1905 |
R E Becher |
5/1906 |
3/1907 |
S C Brown |
4/1907 |
11/1909 |
J L Stanistreet |
8/1908 |
11/1908 |
F J Moseley |
11/1909 |
3/1910 |
R E Becher |
4/1910 |
3/1913 |
G K Gandy |
3/1913 |
6/1916 |
T H Wilford |
7/1914 |
10/1914 |
J L Stanistreet |
10/1914 |
1/1915 |
N R Neilson |
9/1916 |
1/1917 |
A Knight |
4/1917 |
4/1918 |
E W Day |
4/1918 |
4/1919 |
E A Sylvester |
10/1918 |
|
T Chope |
6/1919 |
11/1919 |
N R Neilson |
12/1919 |
1/1920 |
T H Wilford |
2/1920 |
4/1920 |
J Culverwell |
5/1920 |
1/1921 |
H Strong |
2/1921 |
1/1922 |
E W Day |
2/1922 |
4/1922 |
B Chave |
8/1922 |
2/1923 |
J H Kerbey |
12/1924 |
|
Laid up |
1/1925 |
9/1925 |
C Imlah |
9/1925 |
12/1925 |
Laid up |
1/1926 |
5/1926 |