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− | One of five sister ships which were used for passenger and emigrant trade between London, Portugal and South America. In 1932 she came under the control of Royal Mail Lines and continued this trade until 1940 when she was requisitioned as a troopship. While bound for Sigapore from Bangkok with 2,000 Indian troops the Highland Brigade struck a mine off Singapore in the early morning of18 Jan 1946. In danger of sinking, landing craft and tugs were sent from Singapore to take of the troops and the ship was able to be towed into Singapore Harbour. | + | One of five sister ships which were used for passenger and emigrant trade between London, Portugal and South America. In 1932 she came under the control of Royal Mail Lines and continued this trade until 1940 when she was requisitioned as a troopship. |
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+ | While bound for Sigapore from Bangkok with 2,000 Indian troops the Highland Brigade struck a mine off Singapore in the early morning of18 Jan 1946. In danger of sinking, landing craft and tugs were sent from Singapore to take of the troops and the ship was able to be towed into Singapore Harbour. | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 4 December 2022
Remarks
One of five sister ships which were used for passenger and emigrant trade between London, Portugal and South America. In 1932 she came under the control of Royal Mail Lines and continued this trade until 1940 when she was requisitioned as a troopship.
While bound for Sigapore from Bangkok with 2,000 Indian troops the Highland Brigade struck a mine off Singapore in the early morning of18 Jan 1946. In danger of sinking, landing craft and tugs were sent from Singapore to take of the troops and the ship was able to be towed into Singapore Harbour.
Resumed South America service in 1947 until sold to John Latsis of Piraeus in 1959 and renamed "Henriett". Renamed "Marianna" the following year, rebuilt and used as a Mecca Pilgrimage ship before being scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1965.
Soldiers carried
Singapore to Fremantle 6 - 15 Oct 1945
POWs from the 2/3rd and 2/4th Australian Machine Gun Battalions.