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History
Name	HMHS Nevasa
Builder/Built	1912 Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Type	Passenger / cargo (twin screw)
Displacement	9,071 tons
Speed	14 knots
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Remarks

Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for the UK - India route via Cape Town.

Taken over in Aug 1914 and used as a troopship until Jan 1915 when she was fitted out as a 660 bed Hospital Ship.

In 1918 role changed to be troopship again for US troops moving to Europe, and then repatriating troops to their home countries.

Used by the British between the wars as a troopship, and continued right through WW2 until 1948 when she was scrapped.

Soldiers carried

World War I

England to Fremantle 5 March - 13 April 1919

World War II

During WWII the SS Nevasa operated as a troopship.

Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940

Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded 20 Apr 1940, left wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads. Sailed 3:00pm 22 Apr 1940. Arrived in Colombo 3 May 1940. While it arrived in Kantarra on the 17th it did not disembark its troops until the 19th.

Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941

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 ===Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940===
-Journey Y3 Boarded 20 Apr 1940, left wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads. Sailed 3:00pm 22 Apr 1940. Arrived in Colombo 3 May 1940. While it arrived in Kantarra on the 17th it did not disembark its troops until the 19th.<br>
+Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded 20 Apr 1940, left wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads. Sailed 3:00pm 22 Apr 1940. Arrived in Colombo 3 May 1940. While it arrived in Kantarra on the 17th it did not disembark its troops until the 19th.<br>
 *[[Walter Leonard Axford]]
 *[[Geoffrey Gordon Benson]]

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