Difference between revisions of "HMAT A15 Port Sydney"
From Our Contribution
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* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] | * [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Sydney to England 4 September 1916 - 29 Oct 1916=== |
| + | Embarked in Melbourne on 7 September | ||
* † [[Mark D'Esterre Brady]] | * † [[Mark D'Esterre Brady]] | ||
* [[George Turner]] | * [[George Turner]] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Sydney to Port Suez 9 May - 20 June 1917=== |
* [[Frederick Charles Close]] | * [[Frederick Charles Close]] | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Leslie St Clair Ward]] |
===Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 23 August 1917=== | ===Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 23 August 1917=== | ||
* [[James Henry Larkin]] | * [[James Henry Larkin]] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Sydney to Suez 5 November - 12 December 1917=== |
| + | Embarked in Melbourne on 9 November | ||
* [[Alfred Haddy Pearse]] | * [[Alfred Haddy Pearse]] | ||
* [[William John Thompson]] | * [[William John Thompson]] | ||
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* [[Albert Hughes Michel]] | * [[Albert Hughes Michel]] | ||
* [[Frank Sugden]] | * [[Frank Sugden]] | ||
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| + | ===Other Voyages=== | ||
| + | * 17 August 1918 from Sydney | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 12 October 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A15 Port Sydney (Star of England) |
| Owner | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| Builder | Workman Clark, Belfast |
| Launched | 1914 |
| Completed | 1914 |
| In service | 1914 |
| Out of service | 19 Dec 1948 |
| Fate | scraped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo (twin screw) |
| Tonnage | 9,136 tons |
| Length | 503.3 ft (152.7m) |
| Beam | 63.3 ft (19.3m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24.1 kph) |
| Capacity | crw plus 524 troops and 511 horses |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 England - Melbourne to Alexandria 14 April - ? May 1915
- 2.2 Sydney to England 4 September 1916 - 29 Oct 1916
- 2.3 Sydney to Port Suez 9 May - 20 June 1917
- 2.4 Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 23 August 1917
- 2.5 Sydney to Suez 5 November - 12 December 1917
- 2.6 Port Suez to Fremantle 4 - 31 March 1919
- 2.7 England to Fremantle 22 September - 4 November 1919
- 2.8 Other Voyages
Remarks
Built for the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd, London (Port Line) as the SS Star of England. Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, and converted to a troopship HMAT A15 Star of England at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 29 Aug 1914 and 12 Sep 1914 to carry 524 troops and 511 horses. A part of the first convoy from Albany, she made eight voyages from Australia. Renamed SS Port Sydney in 1916. The last voyage left Sydney 17 Aug 1917.
Resumed private ownership on 22 Nov 1917, although she obviously carried men home under contract until late 1919. During WW2 she was under British government control as a meat cargo ship operating between the River Plate in Argentina and the UK. Scrapped in 1948.
Soldiers carried
England - Melbourne to Alexandria 14 April - ? May 1915
Sydney to England 4 September 1916 - 29 Oct 1916
Embarked in Melbourne on 7 September
Sydney to Port Suez 9 May - 20 June 1917
Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 23 August 1917
Sydney to Suez 5 November - 12 December 1917
Embarked in Melbourne on 9 November
Port Suez to Fremantle 4 - 31 March 1919
England to Fremantle 22 September - 4 November 1919
Other Voyages
- 17 August 1918 from Sydney