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Troopship Columbian
« on: Tuesday 02 June 15 09:29 BST (UK) »
Can anyone find info on this ship? I have found several Columbia's but not this one and it is transcribed as Columbian on the list of Boer War troopships.

SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth

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Re: Troopship Columbian
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 10:10 BST (UK) »
According to www.boer-war.com:

Columbian was used by 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars, arrived at the Cape beginning of December 1899.

The London Times of 16th November 1899 reports:
The transport Columbian passes Las Palmas Nov 15
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Troopship Columbian
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 10:16 BST (UK) »
Cheers KG. So there definitely was a Columbian. I can only find ships called Columbia or Columbine so far.
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth

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Re: Troopship Columbian
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 10:22 BST (UK) »
I think it might be spelled Colombian (as in the country) not Columbian.
e.g. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4876345

I'm unsure if it is the same ship as Columbian, though it probably is.

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Re: Troopship Columbian
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 10:23 BST (UK) »
Ancestry has a record of an SS Columbian, of the Leyland Line, travelling from Boston (USA) to London in 1908?

Maybe it's the same boat?


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Another Trove listing:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/56559503
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Troopship Columbian
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 10:30 BST (UK) »
That looks like the one. Built Belfast 1890 and sank after catching fire in 1914. Excellent work KG, thank you. :)
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth
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