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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| image = [[File:HMAT_A29_Suevic.jpg|border|600px]] | | image = [[File:HMAT_A29_Suevic.jpg|border|600px]] | ||
| caption = Courtesy AWM PO4754.001 | | caption = Courtesy AWM PO4754.001 | ||
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| shipname = HMAT A29 Suevic | | shipname = HMAT A29 Suevic | ||
| shipowner = Oceanic SN Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line) | | shipowner = Oceanic SN Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line) | ||
Revision as of 22:17, 3 October 2021
 Courtesy AWM PO4754.001 | |
 Suevic's stern after arrival at Southampton | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A29 Suevic |
| Owner | Oceanic SN Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line) |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 8 Dec 1900 |
| Completed | 1901 |
| In service | 23 Mar 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo (refrigerated) steamship |
| Tonnage | 12,531 tons |
| Length | 565 ft (172.21) |
| Beam | 63.3 ft (19.3m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25 kph) |
| Capacity | 400 cabin class |
Contents
[hide]Remarks
Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line). Her maiden voyage was from Liverpool to Cape Town, Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. On 17 Mar 1907 she was stranded on the Stag Rock near Lizard Point, Cornwall and broke in two . The after section was salvaged and a new bow section built, and they were joined at Southampton. She re-entered service in January 1908 and in 1914 became a troop transport.
She was leased by the Commonwealth from late 1914 until 9 Sep 1917 when management was transferred to the British Admiralty. Suevic completed six journeys from Australia with troops, including on 6th June 1916 when it embarked the 44th Battalion from Fremantle for England. In 1918 Suevic brought home a load of sick and wounded men, arriving in Sydney on 13 May.
On 7 Feb 1920 she resumed the London - Sydney - Melbourne service, and was refitted in 1921 to carry 226 x 2nd class passengers. her final voyage was in April 1928 and in October she was sold to Y.Hvistendahl and converted into a whale factory ship at Kiel and renamed Skytteren. In 1940 she was interned at Gothenburg, and when she attempted to break out for England on 1 Apr 1942 was surprised by the German Navy. The crew then scuttled her off maseskjaer, Sweden to avoid capture.
Soldiers carried
Portland to Fremantle 11 March - 22 April 1916
- Austin Faulkner moved to the district post WW 1
- Allan Leslie Thomas
Fremantle to Plymouth 6 June - 21 July 1916
44th Battalion
- † Martin Abolin
- Edgar Copley Adams MID Post WW1 men
- † James Arnold
- † John Buckland
- John Thomas Buckland
- Samuel Buckland
- Leonard Frederick Bysh
- Patrick (John) Curo
- Thomas Henry William Denny
- † Francis Dyson
- Percy Fleming
- † Rupert Gregg
- † Arthur William Griffin
- † Raymond Harold Hanretty
- † Charles Stephen Haughey
- Roby Helliwell
- Henry Ernest Howard
- Jason Howard
- Arthur Patrick Joyce
- Thomas Frederick McDonough
- Thomas McGow
- William Moffat McLachlan MM
- Patrick Michael
- Gustaf Adolf Olson
- † John Terrence O'Neil
- † Frederick Oliver Pierce
- George Henry Norman Pringle
- † Thomas Alfred Reed
- † Herbert Clarence (Bert) Ronan
- † Maurice James Ronan
- William George Russell
- † Lionel Newton Savage
- Alfred Slee
- Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor
- Alfred Martin Tilly
- Norman Sedrick Tonkin
- Ralph Trotter
- † Ronald Daniel Wallace
- Clarence Victor Watson
- John Henry Wilkinson
England to Fremantle 27 September - 12 November 1917
- John Flynn
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men