Difference between revisions of "HMAT A8 Argyllshire"

History
Name	HMAT A8 Argyllshire
Builder/Built	1911 John Brown of Clydebank
Type	Troopship (twin screw)
Displacement	10,392 tons
Speed	14 knots
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Revision as of 03:07, 23 November 2018

Remarks

Owned by the Scottish Shire Line Ltd of London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 24 Jan 1918.

Converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in Sydney to carry 845 troops and 392 horses. Its first voyage for the Commonwealth was to participate in the 1st Convoy from Albany to Alexandria carrying artillery units.

While under Commonwealth control she completed seven voyages from Australia, with the final one from Fremantle in late 1916. During that time she was attacked twice by U Boats. The first occasion was on 27 May 1915 when two torpedoes fired by submarine missed her, and the second on 2 Feb 1917 when she was hit by a torpedo but able to reach Falmouth safely. Management transferred to the British Admiralty on 24 Jan 1918.

During Aug - Sep 1919 she carried soldiers home to Brisbane.

Returned to normal service she was laid up for periods in 1927 and 1929 before being sold to the Clan Line and renamed Clan Urquhart. In 1936 she was sold for scrap, but before this was complete she caught fire and her hull was scuttled.

Staff

Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott served as nursing staff on a voyage to Australia March 1916.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Port Suez 19 April - ? May 1915

Fremantle to Devonport 9 November 1916 - 10 January 1917

England to Fremantle 23 May 1917 - 9 July 1917

John Hugh Jones

England to Fremantle 1 February - 6 April 1918

England to Fremantle 9 December 1918 - 23 January 1919

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