Difference between revisions of "HMAT A14 Euripides"
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===Plymouth to Fremantle 24 June - 3 August 1916=== | ===Plymouth to Fremantle 24 June - 3 August 1916=== | ||
* Prime Minister William Morris 'Billy' Hughes - travelled on to Melbourne | * Prime Minister William Morris 'Billy' Hughes - travelled on to Melbourne | ||
| − | *[[William Edward Clarence Green]] | + | * [[Arthur Charles Cam]] |
| + | * [[William Edward Clarence Green]] | ||
===Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917=== | ===Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917=== | ||
| − | *[[Sidney Tugby]] | + | * [[Sidney Tugby]] |
| − | *[[William Henry Shade]] disembarked at Fremantle | + | * [[William Henry Shade]] disembarked at Fremantle |
===Plymouth to Australia 22 July 1917 - 11 September 1917=== | ===Plymouth to Australia 22 July 1917 - 11 September 1917=== | ||
| − | *[[William Carroll]] | + | * [[William Carroll]] |
| − | *[[William Heath]] | + | * [[William Heath]] |
| − | *[[Patrick Michael]] | + | * [[Patrick Michael]] |
===Sydney to New York 1 May - 14 June 1918=== | ===Sydney to New York 1 May - 14 June 1918=== | ||
| − | *[[Edward Stanley James]]<br /> | + | * [[Edward Stanley James]]<br /> |
===Portland to Fremantle 3 March - 10 April 1919=== | ===Portland to Fremantle 3 March - 10 April 1919=== | ||
| − | *[[William Bowman]] | + | * [[William Bowman]] |
| − | *[[Victor Leo Gordon Boyle]] | + | * [[Victor Leo Gordon Boyle]] |
| − | *[[Albert George Bullock]] | + | * [[Albert George Bullock]] |
| − | *[[Arthur Charles Cam]] | + | * [[Arthur Charles Cam]] |
| − | *[[Joseph Clough]] | + | * [[Joseph Clough]] |
| − | *[[Gordon Vidgen Cross]] | + | * [[Gordon Vidgen Cross]] |
| − | *[[John William King]] | + | * [[John William King]] |
| − | *[[William Percy Matthews]] | + | * [[William Percy Matthews]] |
| − | *[[Albert Thomas Myers]] | + | * [[Albert Thomas Myers]] |
| − | *[[Hartland Wheare Richards]] | + | * [[Hartland Wheare Richards]] |
| − | *[[William Renfrey Thomas]] from Kantarra 15 March | + | * [[William Renfrey Thomas]] from Kantarra 15 March |
| − | *[[Frank Erle Waters]] | + | * [[Frank Erle Waters]] |
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Revision as of 00:55, 2 March 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A14 Euripides |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamship (triple screw) |
| Displacement | 14,947 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Staff
- 3 Soldiers carried
- 3.1 Sydney to Alexandra 20 October - 3 December 1914
- 3.2 Plymouth to Fremantle 24 June - 3 August 1916
- 3.3 Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917
- 3.4 Plymouth to Australia 22 July 1917 - 11 September 1917
- 3.5 Sydney to New York 1 May - 14 June 1918
- 3.6 Portland to Fremantle 3 March - 10 April 1919
Remarks
Built for G Thompson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, she was on her maiden voyage to Brisbane when war broke out. Requisitioned two days after her arrival by the Commonwealth, whose control ended 2 Jun 1917, with management of the Euripides being taken over by the British Admiralty.
A member of the first convoy from Albany, she completed seven voyages from Australia with troops. In 1919 she was used to repatriate Australian troops and during the period 1914 - 1919 she carried 38,439 troops to or from the war.
Post war she was overhauled and resumed the Aberdeen Line's London - Australia route, before changing hands several times between wars. In 1932 she was renamed Akaroa.
During WW2 she was again used as a troopship before another transformation in 1945 back to civilian use before being sent to shipbreakers in Antwerp in May 1954.
Staff
- Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott served as nurse to patients returning to Australia on Oct 1915 voyage.
Soldiers carried
Sydney to Alexandra 20 October - 3 December 1914
Plymouth to Fremantle 24 June - 3 August 1916
- Prime Minister William Morris 'Billy' Hughes - travelled on to Melbourne
- Arthur Charles Cam
- William Edward Clarence Green
Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917
- Sidney Tugby
- William Henry Shade disembarked at Fremantle