AUSTRALASIAN  / SCHAM

BUILT IN 1884 BY ROBERT NAPIER & SONS IN GOVAN GLASGOW FOR GEORGE THOMPSON ( ABERDEEN LINE )  SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 3,650 / 4,000 TONS.

SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE 'THERMOPYLAE'  SHE WAS ALSO SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO THE 'ABERDEEN'. SHE COULD CARRY FORTY-FIVE IST CLASS PASSENGERS AND UP TO 650 EMIGRANTS.

IN 1885 SHE TOOK TROOPS FROM AUSTRALIA TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN IN THE SUDAN AND EGYPT, GENERAL GORDON HAVING BEEN KILLED BY THE MARDI'S TROOPS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THESE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HELPED RE TAKE THE CITY OF KHARTOUM.

IN 1895 SHE HAD ELECTRIC LIGHTING FITTED AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS MADE.

IN 1906 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, WHO RE-NAMED HER 'SCHAM'.

ON 6TH AUGUST 1915 SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE BRITISH SUBMARINE E.11 WHILE IN THE SEA OF MARMOA,SHE WAS BEACHED  NEAR CONSTANTINOPLE AND RE-FLOATED IN 1918 AND USED AS A COAL STORAGE VESSEL.

 SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN SAVONA IN 1955.