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 Clan McGillivrary at Cape Town | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A46 Clan McGillivray |
| Owner | The Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd), Glasgo |
| Builder | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard number | 834 |
| Launched | 12 Jun 1911 |
| Completed | September 1911 |
| In service | 1911 |
| Out of service | 1949 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,023 tons |
| Length | 430.5 ft |
| Beam | 53.5 ft |
| Depth | 26.5 ft |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 13 knots (24.07 kph) |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by the Cayser, Irvin and Co of Glasgow (Clan Line). Between 29 Dec 1914 and 23 Jan 1915 she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock for troop transportation. The Clan McGillivray completed four journeys as a troopship while leased to the Commonwealth with two of the voyages as a troop ship beginning in Brisbane. On 16 Aug 1917 management of her work was transferred to the British Admiralty.
Sold in 1948 to Eastern Asia Navigation Co Ltd (Wheelock, Marden & Co), Glasgow , and renamed Maclock, before being broken up, beginning on 3 Feb 1949 in Bruges.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Port Suez 22 February - ? March 1915
Brisbane to Port Suez 1 May - ? June 1916
Port Suez to Fremantle 10 July - 6 August 1916
Fremantle to Plymouth 18 September - 2 November 1916
- Thomas Kinsman Bickell
- † Richard John James Bransby
- Cecil Walter Challis
- Leslie James Godfrey
- Charles Henry Partridge
- William George Rosekelly
- John (Senior) Shepherd
- † Frederick William Thornton disembarked Plymouth on 21 November 1916