Second Boer War The Armenian was fitted out to transport horses[REF] and used as a transport in the South African War, and in 1901 was used to transport 963 Boer prisoners of war to Darrell's and Burt's Islands.
Although no longer fitted as a passenger vessel, the Armenian, and the , were used to transport the Grenadier Guards to Belgium on 7 October 1914 [REF].