TRANSPORT SHIPS
| Ship | Regiment | Battalion | Date of Sailing | Sailed From | Date of Arrival | Arrived Where/Notes |
| ARIOSTO | City Imperial Volunteers | 16-21 January 1900 | ||||
| ARMENIAN | Dragoon Guards | 7th (Princess Royal's) | 8 February 1900 | 1 March 1900 | Cape | |
| ASSAYE | 2nd Battalion |
4 January 1900 | 23 January 1900 | CapeCape | ||
2nd
Battalion |
4 January 1900 | 23 January 1900 | ||||
| AURANIA (I) | Highland Light Infantry | 1st Battalion | 11 November 1899 |
Cape. Built in 1882 by J and G Thompson at Glasgow for Cunard. Sailed mostly on the Liverpool to New Yorks service. Used as Boer War troop transport between late 1899 and 1900. |
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| South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion | 18 March 1900 | 9 April 1900 | |||
| AVOCA | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 2nd Battalion | 16-30 September 1899 | India | between 1 - 17 May 1899 | Durban |
| Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | 1st Battalion | Ceylon | between 1 and 14 May 1900 | Stationed in South Africa at the outbreak of war | ||
| Royal Irish Fusiliers | 1st Battalion | 25 September 1899 | Alexandria | |||
| AVONDALE | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 2 December 1899 | 25 December 1899 | Cape then Durban | |
| BAVARIAN | Connaught Rangers | 1st Battalion | 10 November 1899 | 28 November 1899 | Cape | |
| East Lancashire Regiment | 1st Battalion | 18 January 1900 | 3 February 1900 | Cape | ||
| Manchester Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 16 March 1900 | 6 April 1900 | Cape | ||
| Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 16 March 1900 | 6 April 1900 | Cape | ||
| Royal Dublin Fusiliers | 1st Battalion | 10 November 1899 | 28 November 1899 | Cape then Durban | ||
| South Wales Borders | 2nd Battalion | 18 January 1900 | 3 February 1900 | |||
| BOOLDANA | Royal Field Artillery | 21st Battery | 20 September 1899 | Bombay | Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war | |
| BRAEMAR CASTLE | King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 1st Battalion | Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war | |||
| Worcestershire Regiment | 1st Battalion | 1 March 1900 | 8 April 1900 | Cape | ||
| King's Own Scottish Borderers | 1st Battalion | beginning January 1900 | 26 January 1900 | Cape | ||
| BRITANNIC | Cheshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 7 January 1900 | 27 January 1900 | Cape | |
| Royal Irish Rifles | 2nd Battalion | 26 October 1899 | 14 November 1899 | Cape | ||
| Scots Guards | 2nd Battalion | 15 March 1900 | 5 April 1900 | Cape | ||
| BRITISH PRINCESS | Dragoons | 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) | 7 December 1899 | Cape | ||
| BRITON | Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) | 2nd Battalion | 5 December 1899 | 20 December 1899 | Cape | |
| BRUTON | City Imperial Volunteers | 16-21 January 1900 | ||||
| CANADA | Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) | 1st Battalion | 1 December 1899 | 20 December 1899 | Cape | |
| CATALONIA | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 1st Battalion | 5 November 1899 | 30 November 1899 | Cape then Durban | |
| CEPHALONIA | Durham Light Infantry | 1st Battalion | 24 October 1899 | 18 November 1899 |
Cape. Built in 1882 by Laird at Birkenhead for Cunard. Changed to HAYLAR of Chinese Eastern Railways in 1900. Served as a Voer War Troop transport. Scuttled at Port Arthur in 1904 |
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| CESTRIAN | Hussars | 14th (King's) | 10 January 1900 | Cape Colony - B Squadron | ||
| CHESHIRE | Gordon Highlanders | 1st Battalion | 9 November 1899 | 28 November 1899 | Cape | |
| CHICAGO | Dragoons | 6th (Inniskilling) | 9 November 1899 | Albert Dock | 2 December 1899 | Cape Town |
| CITY OF CAMBRIDGE | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 2nd Battalion | 23 October 1899 | 21 November 1899 | Durban | |
| CITY OF VIENNA | Lancers | 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) | 16 November 1899 | Cape | ||
| COLUMBIAN | Hussars | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) | beginning December 1899 | Cape | ||
| CYMRIC | Gloucestershire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 1 January 1900 | 1 January 1900 | Cape Town | |
| DEVON (I) |
Built in 1897 by R and W. Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn on Tyne, gross tonnage 5,489, owned by Federal Steam Navigation. Used in 1900 as a transport in Boer War. |
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| DILWARA | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 2 December 1899 | 25 December 1899 | ||
| DOUNE CASTLE | Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) | 1st Battalion | 24 November 1899 | 15 December 1899 | Cape | |
| DUNERA | Grenadier Guards | 2nd Battalion | 18 March 1900 | 11 April 1900 | Cape | |
| FORMOSA (II) | Duke of Cornwall's Light Inafntry | 2nd Battalion | 5 November 1899 | 29 November 1899 |
Cape. Built in 1892 for Peninsular and Orient by Naval Construction and Armaments at Barrow Requisitioned as a troopship during the Boer War |
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| GAIKA | Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 22 December 1899 | 13 January 1900 | Cape | |
| Oxfordshire Light Infantry | 1st Battalion | 22 December 1899 | 13 January 1900 | Cape Town | ||
| GARTH CASTLE | City Imperial Volunteers | 16-21 January 1900 | ||||
| GASCON | Coldstream Guards | 2nd Battalion | 12 November 1899 | Cape | ||
| Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 16 December 1899 | 7 January 1900 | Cape | ||
| Royal Irish Regiment | 1st Battalion | 14 December 1899 | 7 January 1900 | Cape | ||
| GAUL | City Imperial Volunteers | 16-21 January 1900 | ||||
| Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 26 November 1899 | 16 December 1899 | Cape | ||
| GERMAN | Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) | 1st Battalion | 28 October 1899 | 20 November 1899 | Cape then Durban | |
| GOORKHA | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 1st Battalion | beginning January 1900 | 26 January 1900 | Cape | |
| Army Service Corps | 22nd & 41st Company | 8 July 1899 | Southampton | 2 August 1899 | ||
| Grenadier Guards | 3rd Battalion | 25 October 1899 | Gibraltar | 15 November 1899 | Cape | |
| Lincolnshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 4 January 1900 | 25 January 1900 | Cape | ||
| GOTH | Manchester Regiment | 1st Battalion | 24 August 1899 | Gibraltar | 15 September 1899 | Cape Town and on to Natal |
| GREEK | Essex Regiment | 1st Battalion | 14 November 1899 | 2 December 1899 | Cape | |
| HAWARDEN CASTLE | Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion | 23 October 1899 | 12 November 1899 | Cape | |
| ISMORE | Hussars | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) | St Helena Bay - Ship came to grief in St Helena Bay, all men saved | |||
| Royal Field Artillery | 63rd Battery | Lost their guns on the Ismore | ||||
| JELUNGA | Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) | 2nd Battalion | 2 October 1899 | Crete | 26 October 1899 | Durban |
| KILDONAN CASTLE | Northumberland Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion | early November 1899 | 23 November 1899 | Cape | |
| Welsh Regiment | 1st Battalion | 22 November 1899 | Cape | |||
| KINFAUNS CASTLE | City Imperial Volunteers | 16-21 January 1900 | ||||
| LALPOORA | Royal Field Artillery | 21st Battery | 19 September 1899 | Bombay | Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war | |
| LINDULA | Dragoon Guards | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) | 27 September 1899 | India | Natal - Arrived in South Africa before the start of the war | |
| LISMORE CASTLE | East Surrey Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 19 October 1899 | 14 November 1899 | Durban | |
| HARLECH CASTLE | East Surrey Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 19 October 1899 | 14 November 1899 | Durban | |
| MAHRATTA (I) |
Mahratta
I was built in 1892 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and was sister
to PINDARI. She was used for Brocklebank's Liverpool to Calcutta
service and in 1900 was commandeered for service in the Boer War
for the delivery of cavalry to South Africa. She was temporarily
renamed HM Transport No.94 and had stables fitted on her fore
and aft well decks. |
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| MAJESTIC | York and Lancaster Regiment | 1st Battalion | 13 December 1900 | 30 December 1900 | Cape | |
| MALTA | Coldstream Guards | 1st Battalion | Gibraltar | 16 November 1899 | Cape | |
| MANCHESTER MERCHANT | Hussars | 7th (Queen's Own) | 30 November 1901 | |||
| MANILLA | Devonshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 20 October 1899 | 15 November 1899 | Cape | |
| MAPLEMORE | Composite Regiment of Household Troops | 30 November 1899 | 24 December 1899 | Cape | ||
| Dragoon Guards | 1st (King's) | 8 January 1901 | January 1901 | Cape | ||
| MATLA (II) |
Built in 1895 for P and O by Caird of Greenock. Served as Boer War transport from 1900 to 1902 |
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| MONGOLIAN | Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Ross-Shire Buffs) | 2nd Battalion | 21 October 1899 | 16 November 1899 | Cape | |
| MONTFORT | Hussars | 13th | beginning December 1899 | |||
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MOHAWK |
Lancers | 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) | 16 November 1899 |
Cape. Built as BELGIC in 1885 for White Star Line by Harland and Wolff. Changed to Mohawk in 1899. Used as a war transport during the Boer War. Broken up at Garston in 1903 |
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| TEMPLEMORE | Hussars | 13th | beginning December 1899 | |||
| NILE | East Yorkshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 14 March 1900 | 3 April 1900 | Cape | |
| NORMAN | Lancashire Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion | 2 December 1899 | 19 December 1899 | Cape | |
| NUBIA | Scots Guards | 1st Battalion | 20 October 1899 | Southampton | 13 November 1899 | Cape |
| ORCANA | Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) | 2nd Battalion | 21 December 1899 | Cape | 21 December 1899 | Durban |
| Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) | 1st Battalion | 27 October 1899 | 18 November 1899 | Cape | ||
| ORIENT | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) | 1st Battalion | 30 December 1899 | 21 January 1900 | Cape | |
| ORIENTAL | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 1st Battalion | 22 October 1899 | 13 November 1899 | Cape | |
| OROTOVA | Dragoon Guards | 2nd (Queen's Bays) | 18 November 1901 | December 1901 | ||
| PANDUA | Hussars | 19th (Princess of Wales's Own) | 23 September 1899 | Simla | Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war | |
| PINDARI | Launched
on 17 October 1891 by Harland and Wolff, Belfast. She had two
3 cylinder steam engines which gave her a service speed of 11
knots. The twin engine layout proved very reliable but over-powered
for the extra increase in speed, thus more costly to operate.
In 1900 she was acquired by the Shipping Controller, as was her
sister Mahratta, and acted as HM Transport No 93 when shipping
troops to South Africa during the Boer War. |
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| PAVONIA | Royal Scots Fusiliers | 2nd Battalion | 22 October 1899 | 18 November 1899 |
Cape. Built in 1882 by J and G Thompson on Clydebank for Cunard. Mostly on the Liverpool to Boston run. Used as a troopship during the Boer War. Broken up at Genoa in 1900 |
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| Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | Gibraltar | 18 November 1899 | Cape | ||
| PINEMORE | Composite Regiment of Household Troops | 4 December 1899 | 29 December 1899 | Cape | ||
| RANEE | Dragoons | 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) | 7 December 1899 | Cape | ||
| ROSLIN CASTLE | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) | 2nd Battalion | 19 October 1899 | 8 November 1899 | Cape then Durban (Arr 11th) | |
| SCOT | Suffolk Regiment | 1st Battalion | early November 1899 | 28 November 1899 | Cape | |
| SERVIA | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 3rd Battalion | 4 November 1899 | 24 November 1899 | Cape then Durban | |
| SIMLA | Dorsetshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 28 November 1899 | 17 December 1899 | Cape | |
| SUMATRA | Bedfordshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 16 December 1899 | 8 January 1900 | Cape | |
| Border Regiment | 1st Battalion | 27 September 1899 | Malta | 21 October 1899 | Cape Town | |
| SUTLEJ | Devonshire Regiment | 1st Battalion | 21 September 1899 | Bombay | One of four infantry battalions despatched from India to Natal before war was declared | |
| THE GAUL | Northumberland Fusiliers | 1st Battalion | early October 1899 | Southampton | before 10 November 1899 | |
| TINTAGEL CASTLE | Worcestershire Regiment | 2nd Battalion | 16 December 1899 | Southampton | 8 January 1900 | Cape Town |
| UMBRIA | Built in 1884 for Cunard by Elder at Govan. On the Liverpool to New York service until 1905. Made two voyages as a Boer War tansport in 1900. |
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| VICTORIAN | Hussars | 14th (King's) | 1 January 1900 | Cape - A and C Squadrons | ||
| Lancers | 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) | 14 February 1900 | 10 March 1900 | Cape | ||
| Dragoon Guards | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) | 22 January 1901 | ||||
| WAKOOL | Dragoons | 6th (Inniskilling) | 3 November 1899 | Tilbury Docks | 26 November 1899 | Cape |
| WARDHA | Lancers | 9th (Queen's Royal) | 25 September 1899 | India | ||
| NOWSHERA | Lancers | 9th (Queen's Royal) | 25 September 1899 | India | ||
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YORKSHIRE (I) |
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
2nd Battalion |
19 October 1899 |
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14 November 1899 |
Durban. Built in 1889 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast for Bibby Line. Used a a troop transport during the Boer War. |
| ZIBENGHLA | Royal Field Artillery | 18th Battery | Before outbreak of war |
Last updated 18 March, 2010