SS Dunera (1891)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Dunera
Owner	British India Associated Steamers Ltd., Glasgow; British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd., Glasgow
Port of registry	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Builder	A & J Inglis Ltd., Glasgow
Yard number	215
Launched	12 March 1891
Out of service	1922
Identification	Official Number 98623
Fate	Scrapped 1922, Shanghai
General characteristics
Class & type	Troopship
Type	Steel Screw Steamer
Tonnage	5,413  GRT; 3,457  NRT
Length	425 ft 00 in (129.54 m)
Beam	48 ft 00 in (14.63 m)
Draught	30 ft 00 in (9.14 m)
Propulsion	Steam T3cy1 (33, 52, 86.5 x 60in), 621 nhp, 1-screw

Voyages

1900 Voyage from Southampton to Alexandria and back

The SS Dunera was a British troopship. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

The details of a planned voyage of the SS Dunera were printed in the Daily Malta Chronicle on 7 February 1900: ^[6]

MOVEMENTS

The following is the programme of S.S. Dunera, which will convey the 2nd Batt. Leicester Regt. from Queenstown to Alexandria, and the 2nd Batt. R. West Kent Regt. thence to England en route to South Africa, also details to and from Mediterranean port : -

Arrive	Port	Leave
-	Southampton	5 Feb:
6 Feb	Queenstown	7 "
11 "	Gibraltar	12 "
15 "	Malta	16 "
19 "	Alexandria	20 "
23 "	Malta	24 "
27 "	Gibraltar	28"
4 March	Southampton	-

NB. Queenstown is now called Cobh and is in County Cork.

References

1. The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 5 December 1903
2. The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 19 December 1903
3. The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda. 23 December 1903
4. DUNERA , Clyde Ships
5. Transport Ships, boer-war.com
6. Daily Malta Chronicle 7 February 1900: Page 3 col 3
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