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| shipname =  HMAT A16 Port Melbourne
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| shipowner = Star Line Ltd (J P Corry), Belfast
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| shiplaunched = Nov 1913
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Also known for the early part of the war as ''Star of Victoria''. Owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, she spent August / September being converted to carry 1,000 troops. Under both names, she made eight transport voyages from Australia commencing with the first convoy when she carried the 1st Light Horse Brigade to Alexandria in Egypt.
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The renaming occurred in 1916 when its ownership was taken back by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd of London. The vessel remained under lease with the Commonwealth until 2 Oct 1917 after which she came under the control of the British Admiralty.
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In 1919 she was converted for normal commercial trade. Following lengthy periods when she was laid up in the 1930s, during WW2 she was used as a carrier of chilled meat, and survived to eventually be broken up in 1948.
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==Remarks==
 
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Also known for part of the war as ''Star of Victoria''. Owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line.  Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, she spent August / September being converted to carry 1,000 troops.
 
  
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Under both names, she made eight transport voyages from Australia commencing with the first convoy when she carried the 1st Light Horse Brigade.
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===England to Sydney 19 January 29 February 1916===
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* [[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
  
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The renaming occured in 1916 when its ownership was taken back by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd of London.  Vessel remained under lease with the Commonwealth until 2 Oct 1917.
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===Melbourne to Davenport 21 October - 28 December 1916===
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Embarked in Fremantle on 30 October
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* [[Arthur James Allen]]
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* [[William James Barnard]]
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* † [[George Rowland Benton]]
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* [[John Esperance Blair]]
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* [[Roslyn Christopher Coulston]]
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* [[Ernest Rulle Dalziell]]
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* [[Patrick Francis Fitzgerald]]
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* [[William Hall ww2]] moved to the area between the wars
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* [[Francis Henry Kingston]]
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* [[Thomas Brown Mack]]
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* [[William George Martin]]
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* [[William Percy Matthews]]
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* [[Charles Henry Murray]]
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* [[James Francis Ottaway]]
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* [[John Arthur Patterson MM]]
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* [[Thomas Ramsell]]
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* [[Wilfred Norman Robinson]]
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* [[John Alexander Trotter]]
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* [[Francis William Wakeham]]
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* [[Frederick Owen Werndly]]
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* [[John Henry Whitfield]]
  
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In 1919 she was converted for normal commercial trade.  Following lengthy periods laid up in the 1930s, during WW2 she was used as a carrier of chilled meat, and survived to eventually be broken up in 1948.
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===Sydney to Liverpool 16 July - 16 September 1917===
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Embarked in Albany on 21 July
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==Soldiers carried==
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* [[Henry Ivor Passmore DCM]]
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* [[John (Junior) Shepherd]]
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* [[James Arthur (Artie) Williams]]
  
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==Fremantle to Davenport 30 October - 28 December 1916==
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===England to Albany 11 January - 26 February 1918===
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* [[Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland]]
  
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[[Arthur James Allen]]<br />[[William James Barnard]]<br />[[Patrick Francis Fitzgerald]]<br />[[Thomas Brown Mack]]<br />[[William George Martin]]<br />[[Thomas Ramsell]]<br />[[John Alexander Trotter]]<br />[[Francis William Wakeham]]<br />[[Frederick Owen Werndly]]
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===Albany to Southampton via Port Suez, Alexandria, Faenza (Italy) 8 May - 20 August 1918===
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* [[George Charles Unwin]]
  
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==Albany to Liverpool 23 July - 16 September 1917==
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===Port Said to Fremantle 4 - 31 March 1919===
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*[[Henry Arthur Grinsell]]
  
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[[John (Junior) Shepherd]]
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===Other Voyages===
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* 20 October 1914 from Sydney
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* 25 February 1915 from Melbourne
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* 10 September 1915 from Melbourne
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* 30 March 1916 from Brisbane & 31 March 1916 from Sydney
  
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==Albany to Southampton via Port Suez, Alexandria, Faenza (Italy) 8 May - 20 August 1918==
 
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[[Ernest Taylor]]<br />[[George Charles Unwin]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 12 October 2021

HMAT A16 Port Melbourne
HMAT A16 Port Melbourne.jpg
History
Name HMAT A16 Port Melbourne
Owner Star Line Ltd (J P Corry), Belfast
Builder Workman Clark, Belfast
Launched Nov 1913
Completed 10 Jan 1914
Fate scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Type Passenger/cargo steamship (refrigerated)
Tonnage 9,152 tons
Length 503.3 ft (152.7m)
Beam 63.3ft (19.3m)
Speed 13 knots (21 kph)
Capacity crew + 1,000 troops


Remarks

Also known for the early part of the war as Star of Victoria. Owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, she spent August / September being converted to carry 1,000 troops. Under both names, she made eight transport voyages from Australia commencing with the first convoy when she carried the 1st Light Horse Brigade to Alexandria in Egypt.


The renaming occurred in 1916 when its ownership was taken back by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd of London. The vessel remained under lease with the Commonwealth until 2 Oct 1917 after which she came under the control of the British Admiralty.


In 1919 she was converted for normal commercial trade. Following lengthy periods when she was laid up in the 1930s, during WW2 she was used as a carrier of chilled meat, and survived to eventually be broken up in 1948.

Soldiers carried

England to Sydney 19 January 29 February 1916

Melbourne to Davenport 21 October - 28 December 1916

Embarked in Fremantle on 30 October

Sydney to Liverpool 16 July - 16 September 1917

Embarked in Albany on 21 July

England to Albany 11 January - 26 February 1918

Albany to Southampton via Port Suez, Alexandria, Faenza (Italy) 8 May - 20 August 1918

Port Said to Fremantle 4 - 31 March 1919

Other Voyages

  • 20 October 1914 from Sydney
  • 25 February 1915 from Melbourne
  • 10 September 1915 from Melbourne
  • 30 March 1916 from Brisbane & 31 March 1916 from Sydney
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