Bavarian | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1899 at Dumbarton, Scotland by William Denny & Co.	10,376 gross	501.1ft x 59.2ft	Allan Line , Liverpool, England

The Allan Line steamship Bavarian - photograph

The Allan Line steamship Bavarian
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Bavarian - as Boer War transport #16
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Her tonnage was 10 387 tons gross, 9 188 under deck and 6 714 net. She was 501.1 ft long, 59.3ft beam and holds 39.8ft deep. Poop was 40 feet, bridge deck 177 feet and forecastle 54 feet. She had twin screws and was constructed of steel, triple expansion engine with 6 cylinders of 29, 47 and 77 inches diameter each pair, stroke 54 inches delivering 871 nominal horsepower and a speed of 16 knots. The engine was built by the same company as the hull. She had 4 decks, and there was passenger accommodation for 240-1st, 220-2nd and 1,000-3rd class. When she was built in 1899, she was the first ship to be fitted with refrigerating machinery. This ship was the first of the 20th century fleet of the Allan Line. She was followed in 1900 by the Tunisian which boasted good heating and ventilation. It also had hot and cold fresh, and salt, water on tap and four-berth emigrant cabins with spring mattresses. Call sign: RGWN. Official registration #: 111213.

Picture of the S/S Bavarian at the landing stage from an old postcard
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Picture of the S/S Bavarian, Allan Line

S/S Bavarian, picture from an old postcard
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The Allan Line steamship Bavarian - cabin plan

Cabin plan of the Allan Line steamship Bavarian
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1899	May. 11, launched
1899	Aug. 17: arrived at Liverpool from her builders
1899	Liverpool Aug. 24 → Quebec Sept. 1. Departed Liverpool at 17:00 evening and arrived in Quebec at 02:00 morning on this her first journey crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
1899	→ Quebec Sept. 28
1899	October: Chartered by the Admiralty to convery troops to the Cape. Became Boer War transport #16
1899	Nov. 8: Departed Liverpool for Queenstown with officers and men for the Boer War
1899	Nov. 10: Departed Queenstown with about 60 officers and about 2000 men for the Boer War. She also carried a lot of equipment and explosives
1899	Nov. 28: Arrived Cape Town from Las Palmas (called at Las Palmas Nov. 15).
1899	Nov. 28: Departed Cape Town For Durban
1899	Dec. 1: arrived at Durban
1900	Jan. 15: embarked 2,206 men - the 1/East Lancashire Regt., 1,060 men, and the 2/South Wales Borderers, 1,111 men and a field hospital at Southampton
1900	Feb. 2: arrived at Cape Town
1900	Feb. 10: departed for England
1900	Mar. 16: embarked 89 officers, 2,196 men and 9 horses for the Boer War at Southampton
1900	Apr. 6: arrived at Cape Town from Las Palmas (called Mar. 22)
1900	Apr. 27: departed for for St. Helena
1900	May. 2: arrived at St. Helena with 1,099 Boer prisoners
1900	June. 12: departed Cape Town for England with sick and wounded soldiers from the Boer War
1900	July. 6: arrived Southampton with sick and wounded soldiers and the Southampton Vol. Ambulance Corps
1900	July. 23: departed Southampton with 2,000 tons of stores consisting chiefly of biscuits and a large consignment of field artillery ammunition
1900	Aug. 6: at Las Palmas
1900	Aug. 22: departed Natal for Colombo
1900	Sep. 8: arrived at Ceylon with 1,291 Boer prisoners of war
1901	Mar. 8: arrived at Southampton with 825 troops from the Cape, several invalids
1901	Mar. 25: departed Liverpool with about 1,700 troops and 30 nurses for the Boer War
1901	Apr. 24: arrived at Cape Town
1901	May 11: departed Cape Town with invalids for England
1901	May 31: arrived at Southampton with 9 officers and 726 men of the 6/Warwick Regt., in addition to a large number of other officers and invalids
1901	June 17: embarked 800 officers and men of the 5/Manchester Regt., 19 officers and 580 men of the 3/S. Staffordshire Regt., and a number of details at Southampton
1901	July 17: arrived at Cape Town
1901	Sept. 20: departed Cape Town, as a hospital ship with invalids for England
1901	Oct. 15: arrived at Southampton with 33 officers and 484 men and a few undesireables
1901	Nov. 7: embarked 63 officers, 40 warrant officers, and 1,183 men of the Brigade of Guards at Southampton
1901	Nov. 9: embarked 8 officers and 265 men before sailing for Cape Town
1901	Dec. 12: departed for England with invalids and passengers
1902	Jan. 5: arrived at Southampton with invalids from the Boer War
1902	Jan. 16: departed Southampton with 40 officers and nearly 2,000 men for the Boer War
1902	Mar. 5: departed Durban for India with 1,000 Boer prisoners
1902	Mar 20: arrived Bombay with about 1,000 Boer prisoners
1902	May 8: embarked 1,784 troops, including Imperial Yeomanry at Southampton, departed for Queenstown
1902	May 10: embarked 23 officers and 720 men of the Irish Horse. Total on board 95 officers and 1,058 men, departed for for South Africa
1902	June 10: departed Cape Town with about 1400 troops of the South African army for England
1902	June 23: arrived at Southampton with 1,400 officers and men who had been chosen to represent the British Army in South Africa at the Coronation
1902	July 19: departed Lisbon, Portugal with about 900 Boers for Cape Town
1902	Aug 26: departed Cape Town for England with repatriations from the Boer War
1902	Sept. 6: arrived at Southampton with about 2,000 officers and men from the Boer War
1902	Oct. 9, resumed Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1902	→ Quebec Oct. 17
1902	→ Halifax Nov. 21
1903	→ Halifax Mar. 28
1903	Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1903	→ Quebec May 2
1903	→ Quebec June 4
1903	→ Quebec Aug. 14
1903	→ Quebec Sept. 18
1903	→ Quebec Oct. 23
1904	→ Halifax Feb. 27
1904	→ Halifax Apr. 1
1904	Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1904	→ Quebec May 7
1904	→ Quebec June 10
1904	→ Quebec July 8
1904	→ Quebec Aug. 4
1904	→ Quebec Sept. 1
1904	→ Quebec Sept. 30
1904	→ Quebec Oct. 28
1904	→ Halifax Nov. 25
1905	→ Halifax Mar. 4
1905	→ Halifax Apr. 7
1905	Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal.
1905	→ Quebec July 4
1905	→ Quebec July 7
1905	→ Quebec Aug. 31
1905	→ Quebec Oct. 28
1905	→ Quebec Oct. 29
1905	Nov 3; wrecked on Wye Rock off Montreal