Difference between revisions of "HMT Ausonia"

HMT Ausonia
History
Name	HMT Ausonia
Owner	Cairns, Young & Noble - Cairn Line
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wighan Richardson, Wallsend
Yard number	837
Launched	18 Aug 1909
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	7,907 tons
Length	450 ft 6 in (137.31m)
Beam	54 ft 2 in (16.52m)
Depth	(8.9m)
Propulsion	twin screw
Speed	14 knots (25.93 km/h)
Capacity	37 x 1st class & 1,000 x 3rd class
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Revision as of 23:53, 24 October 2021

Remarks

Originally named Tortona, she was owned by the Thompson Line and used on the Canadian route with accommodation for 37 first class and 1,000 third class passengers. Sold in 1911 to the Cunard Steam Ship Line for £120,001 and renamed Ausonia. Cunard used her on their Trans Atlantic route to Canada until WW1.

Used during WW1 as a troopship, primarily in the Mediterranean until she was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-Boat U-55. On 30 May 1918, Ausonia, on a voyage from Montreal to Avonmouth with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-62, 620 miles west of Fastnet. 44 persons were lost. She had one previous scrape with a U Boat, on 11 Jun 1917 when she was torpedoed off southern Ireland, but was able to reach port.

Note

Individual soldiers records show the name of the ship as ANSONIA. However, there is no record of a ship by that name, and the AUSONIA was in the Mediterranean acting as a troop ship at the time. All records that mention SS or HMT Ansonia are therefore listed against the HMT Ausonia.

Soldiers carried

Mudros to Alexandria 6 - 10 Jan 1916

Alexandria to Marseilles 28 April - 5 May 1916

3rd Mining Company

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