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Sagaing Ship Henderson Steamship Line1

?, #15711, b. 1925, d. 9 April 1942
Last Edited: 16 Oct 2019
  • (Child) Birth*: Sagaing Ship Henderson Steamship Line was born in 1925; SAGAING 1925
    7,994 gross tons, 454.6ft x 61.2ft, single screw, speed 13 knots, accommodation for 137-1st class passengers. Launched 24th Dec.1924 by Wm. Denny & Bros., Dumbarton for P. Henderson & Co., she was used on the UK - Burma service. On 9th Apr.1942 while at anchor at Trincomalee she was bombed by Japanese carrier aircraft and set on fire. Abandoned, she drifted into Malay Cove where she was sunk by shellfire aimed below the waterline. The ship was sunk but most of the cargo of aircraft and ammunition was saved. [Merchant Fleets, vol.29 by Duncan Haws]2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Sagaing Ship Henderson Steamship Line died on 9 April 1942.2
  • (Ship) Passenger List: Sagaing Ship Henderson Steamship Line passenger list included Archibald Hall Ford when she sailed on 8 July 1927 at from Liverpool, Rangoon, Burma, . Contract ticket no 1055, Ford, Mr A c/o Turnbull, Gibson & Co, London; travelling first class to Rangoon; engineer aged 26, last permanent residence England (sic), country of intended future residence Burma.3
  • (Ship) Passenger List: Sagaing Ship Henderson Steamship Line passenger list included Archibald Hall Ford when she sailed in 1937 at from London, Takoradi, Gold Coast, . Ford, Mr A, 5 Sandeman Street, Dundee; travelling second class to Gold Coast; engineer aged 37, last permanent residence another part of the British Empire, country of intended future residence Gold Coast.4

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists 1927 Liverpool to Burma TNA_BT27_1157_00_0051_P_0002F [Jun 2018].
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsS.shtml [May 2019].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists 1922 Liverpool to Burma TNA_BT27_0979_00_0073_P_0004F [Jun 2018].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists 1937 London to Bombay TNA_BT27_1712_00_0092_P_0009F [Jun 2018].