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| shipname = HMAT A15 Port Sydney (Star of England)
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| shipowner = Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
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| shipbuilder = Workman Clark, Belfast
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| shiplaunched = 1914
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| shiptype = Passenger / refrigerated cargo (twin screw)
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| shiptonnage = 9,136 tons
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| shiplength = 503.3 ft (152.7m)
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| shipcapacity = crw plus 524 troops and 511 horses
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==Remarks==
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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.
  
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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.
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See [[HMAT A15 Star of England]] for earlier voyages
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===Sydney to England 4 September 1916 - 29 Oct 1916===
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Embarked in Melbourne on 7 September
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* † [[Mark D'Esterre Brady]]
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* [[George Turner]]
  
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===Sydney to Port Suez 9 May - 20 June 1917===
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* [[Frederick Charles Close]]
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* [[Leslie St Clair Ward]]
  
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===Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 23 August 1917===
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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 at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 29 Aug 1914 and 12 Sep 1914 to carry 524 troops and 511 horses.
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* [[James Henry Larkin]]
  
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A part of the first convoy from Albany, she made eight voyages from Australia.  Renamed Port Sydney in 1916The last voyage left Sydney 17 Aug 1917.
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===Sydney to Suez 5 November - 12 December 1917===
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Embarked in Melbourne on 9 November
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* [[Alfred Haddy Pearse]]
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* [[William John Thompson]]
  
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Resumed private ownership in Nov 1917, until WW2 when she was under government control as a meat cargo ship operating between the River Plate in Argentina and the UK. Scrapped in 1948.
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===Port Suez to Fremantle 4 - 31 March 1919===
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* [[Alfred George Allanson]]
  
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==List of soldiers carried==
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===England to Fremantle 22 September - 4 November 1919===
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* [[William Henry Baldwin]]
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* [[George Emanuel Harber]]
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* [[Albert Hughes Michel]]
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* [[Frank Sugden]]
  
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[[Frederick Charles Close]]<br />[[George Emanuel Harber]]
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===Other Voyages===
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* 17 August 1918 from Sydney
  
 
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HMAT A15 Port Sydney
HMAT A15 Star of England.jpg
HMAT A15 Port Sydney.jpg
History
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



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

See HMAT A15 Star of England for earlier voyages

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
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