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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. | 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. | ||
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| − | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 19 | + | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 19 April 1915 - ?? == |
[[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] | [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Devonport 9 | + | ==Fremantle to Devonport 9 November 1916 - 10 January 1917== |
[[Hubert Maitland Armstrong]]<br />[[George Henry Aspinall]]<br />[[Robert Prior Bailey]]<br />[[Beverley Loxton Bennett]]<br />[[Robert Frank Bickford]]<br />[[William Bingham]]<br />[[Robert Hastings Joyce]]<br />[[Charles Leonard Lockhart]]<br />[[Albert Nock]]<br />[[Isaac Robert Powell]] | [[Hubert Maitland Armstrong]]<br />[[George Henry Aspinall]]<br />[[Robert Prior Bailey]]<br />[[Beverley Loxton Bennett]]<br />[[Robert Frank Bickford]]<br />[[William Bingham]]<br />[[Robert Hastings Joyce]]<br />[[Charles Leonard Lockhart]]<br />[[Albert Nock]]<br />[[Isaac Robert Powell]] | ||
| − | ==Return to Fremantle 1 | + | ==Return to Fremantle 1 February - 6 April 1918== |
[[Charles Fancote]]<br /> | [[Charles Fancote]]<br /> | ||
| − | ==Return to Fremantle 9 | + | ==Return to Fremantle 9 December 1918 - 18 January 1919== |
[[Stanley Thomas Marsh]] | [[Stanley Thomas Marsh]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A8 Argyllshire |
| Builder/Built | 1911 John Brown of Clydebank |
| Type | Troopship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 10,392 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
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.
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.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 19 April 1915 - ??
Fremantle to Devonport 9 November 1916 - 10 January 1917
Hubert Maitland Armstrong
George Henry Aspinall
Robert Prior Bailey
Beverley Loxton Bennett
Robert Frank Bickford
William Bingham
Robert Hastings Joyce
Charles Leonard Lockhart
Albert Nock
Isaac Robert Powell