TWWII British Troopship? SULTAN : Parameters wanted
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:45:17 -0500
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
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> Andrew Toppan
> Martin Favorite
>Subject: TWWII British Troopship? SULTAN : Parameters wanted
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>Maritime history list: I am still unable to receive anything from the
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>I am looking for the basic parameters (length, beam, as many tonnage
>measures as available, propulsion, speed, cargo capacity, complement,
>passengers) of a vessel in the Malaya area, circa December 41-early 42.
>The vessel is named SULTAN; she does not show up in my Talbot-Booth’s
>Merchant Ships 1942 (which deliberately does not have war losses) nor in
>my Royal Navy listings from various books. I therefore suspect she is a
>troopship, those seem to show up in neitehr RN nor merchant listings.
>Data therefore might be found in the book which must exist but whose
>name i don’t know, on Commonwealth troopships. Can anyone provide these
>parameters?
>
>Thanks,
>Brooks A Rowlett
>brooksar@indy.net