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Revision as of 19:56, 15 March 2018
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMAT A34 Persic |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff of Belfast |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 12,042 tons |
| Speed | 13.5 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by the Oceanic SN Co Ltd, of Liverpool (White Star Line). It was leased to the Commonwealth until 8 Nov 1917. The Persic also carried troops to the Boer War, and in 1900 returned sick Australian soldiers from South Africa to Australia.
Fitted out to carry 40 Officers and 520 troops or 491 horses. Persic undertook 6 voyages from Australia carrying troops: Departed Sydney 21 Dec 1914 for Alexandria with 5th LHR as part of the second convoy; 10 Aug 1915 from Melbourne with reinforcements for the 4th LHR; 18 Nov 1915 from Sydney with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade; 3 Jun 1916 from Melbourne; 22 Dec 1916 reinforcements for the 4th LHR, calling at Fremantle for Medical personnel; 29 Aug 1917 Medical officers from Melbourne. Although no longer under Australian control (transferred to the British Admiralty on 8 Nov 1917), Medical staff from Sydney on 21 Mar 1918.
In September 1918 she was torpedoed off Sicily, but reached port safely. Released back to her owners in 1920, she suffered unrepairable engine wear in 1926 and in July 1927 was sent to the Netherlands to be broken up.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Devonport 29 December 1916 - 3 March 1917
- David Forbes Abernethy
- Albert William Barratt
- Eric Horace Bell
- John Humphrey Coyle
- George Mouatt Dow
- Charles John Mitchell
- Albert Thomas Myers
- Alfred Tennyson Needham
- Robert George Orrock
- Albert Ernest Osborne
- William Percival Nairn
- Alfred Tennyson Needham
- Charles Edward Parkin
- Joseph William Smith
- Stephen Hubert Christian (Hughie) Wallace
- Charles Alexander Wann
- Arthur Werndly