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Transport ships 1 year 10 months ago #92493

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The Illustrated London News of 5th July 1902 depicted the Boer War transports Bavarian & Roslin Castle at Spithead on 30th June 1902. As you can see the Bavarian was still displaying her designated transport number of 16.


The British Naval Fleet had gathered at Spithead to help celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII originally planned for 26th June 1902. The Edinburgh Evening News of 1st July 1902 had already described the event at Spithead to their readers.


Two and a half weeks earlier the Liverpool Weekly Courier of 14th June had told their readers the Bavarian had left South Africa on 7th June 1902 with members of the South African Field Force nominated to take part in the Coronation:



In the event the Bavarian anchored in Southampton Water on the evening of the 24th June and the soldiers disembarked the following day. So, more than just in time as, owing to the state of the Royal appendix, during the Bavarian’s record breaking voyage the Coronation had been postponed to 9th August 1902.
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"Busy scenes on the Wharf, Cape Town, South Africa" (Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood).




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Following found on a website entitled “British & Commonwealth Shipping Company Register”. Link: www.bandcstaffregister.com/page1961.html

Never come across it before but it has illustrated info regarding Boer War service for some ships including the AVONDALE CASTLE. The Avondale Castle was not a numbered transport ship but receives 40 mentions in the shipping records held on this site - first Nov 1899, last Dec 1902.



The picture bears the caption “2 December 1899 – Embarking troops of the Middlesex Regiment”. This fits with the shipping records: London Times, 02 Dec 99 (Saturday) p12a: “The Avondale Castle will embark at Southampton 2/Middlesex Regiment, 29 officers and 1,000 men, with 1 gun; a draft of 170 men for the 2/Yorkshire Light Infantry ; #11 Company (Field Hospital) RAMC and details.”

The BandC Shipping Register website give their source for the picture as: “Sailing Like Clockwork” by Roussel and Warwick. (Copy currently for sale on eBay for £65). The website also gives the following information:

AVONDALE CASTLE was built in 1897 by Fairfield Ship Building & Engineering Co. at Govan with a tonnage of 5531grt, a length of 425ft 2in, a beam of 50ft and a service speed of 15 knots. Sister of the Tintagel Castle she was launched for the Intermediate service. In November 1899 she was arrested by the contraband sloop HMS Partridge off Inyack Point near Lourenço Marques because it was thought that she was carrying gold to a neutral port from where it could be acquired by the Boers. Fortunately the gold had been cleared and she was released at Durban.

On 8th May 1901 she unsuccessfully attempted to tow the Tantallon Castle off Robben Island after she had run aground.

In September 1912, together with her sister, she was sold to Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique and renamed Garonna. She was deployed on the Bordeaux - South America service which, by then, was operating weekly sailings.

In 1922 she was replaced by the Meduana and broken up at Bordeaux the following year.

They don’t seem to have got the detail of the incident with HMS Partridge quite correct:

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Another photograph of the Avondale Castle



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The 9th Lancers disembarking from the Mohawk

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...the-union-jack#93299
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