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Demerara Ship The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co1

?, #15201, b. 1911, d. 1933
Pedigree
Last Edited: 26 Nov 2020
  • (Child) Birth*: Demerara Ship The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co was born in 1911; DEMARARA 1911
    11,484 gross tons, length 500.7ft x beam 62.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 15 knots, accommodation for 98-1st, 38-2nd and 800-steerage class passengers. Launched on 21st Dec.1911 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, and delivered 8th Aug.1912 for the Liverpool - River Plate service. 1st Jul.1917 torpedoed off La Rochelle but reached port and repaired. 1933 scrapped in Japan. [Merchant Fleets, vol.5 by Duncan Haws]2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Demerara Ship The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co died in 1933.2
  • (Ship) Passenger List*: Demerara Ship The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co passenger list included Andrew Adamson railway engine driver when she sailed on 4 August 1916 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, . First name(s) ANDREW
    Last name ADAMSON
    Gender Male
    Age 42
    Birth year 1874
    Occupation ENGINE DRIVER
    Departure year 1916
    Departure day 4
    Departure month 8
    Departure port LIVERPOOL
    Destination port BUENOS AIRES
    Destination BUENOS AIRES
    Country ARGENTINA
    Destination country ARGENTINA
    Ship name DEMERARA
    Ship official number 132024
    Ship master's first name F KER
    Ship master's last name CORBOULD
    Shipping line ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY
    City LIVERPOOL
    Ship destination port BUENOS AIRES
    Ship destination country ARGENTINA
    Ship registered tonnage 7292.24
    Number of passengers 32
    Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
    Category Travel & migration
    Subcategory Passenger lists
    Collections from Australasia, Great Britain, Ireland, United States.1
  • (Ship) Passenger List*: Demerara Ship The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co passenger list included Jemima Fenwick Brown and Alice Fenwick Adamson when she sailed on 5 June 1919 at Liverpool to, Buenos Aires, Argentina, . First name(s)     Jemima F
    Last name     Adamson
    Gender     Female
    Age     44
    Birth year     1875
    Occupation     NIL
    Departure year     1919
    Departure day     5
    Departure month     6
    Departure port     Liverpool
    Destination port     Buenos Aires
    Destination     BUENOS AIRES
    Country     Argentina
    Destination country     Argentina
    Ship name     Demerara
    Ship official number     132024
    Ship master's first name     J G K
    Ship master's last name     CHERET
    Shipping line     THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO
    Ship destination port     BUENOS AIRES
    Ship destination country     ARGENTINA
    Ship registered tonnage     7292
    Number of passengers     20
    Record set     Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960
    Category     Travel & migration
    Subcategory     Passenger Lists
    Collections from     Great Britain, England.3

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription, URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fbt27%2f0873000097%2f00004 [Jul 2016].
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsD.shtml [May 2019].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists [Nov 2020].