Difference between revisions of "HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale"

HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale
	AWM P01122.003
History
Name	HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale
Builder	Charles Connell & Company, Scotstoun
Yard number	354
Launched	4 Sep 1913
Completed	Oct 1913
In service	16 Oct 1913
Fate	torpedoed and sunk 17 Nov 1917
General characteristics
Type	passenger / cargo ship single Screw
Tonnage	5,121 tons
Length	430.2 ft (131.13m)
Beam	53.4 ft (16.28m)
Depth	26.7 ft (8.14m)
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	14 knots (25.93 kph)
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 12 October 2021

Remarks

Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line). Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.

War service

03/09/1914 until 14/04/1917 Australian Expeditionary Force Transport No. A.6.
11/03/1915 until 07/07/1915 On Imperial service
13/01/1916 until 04/03/1916 On Imperial service.
15/04/1917 until 22/06/1917 Expeditionary Force Transport No. F. 182, moving Canadian stores.
23/06/1917 until 17/11/1917 Liner Requisition Scheme.

Whilst on a voyage from Chittagong to London, with general cargo, was sunk with a torpedo by the German submarine UB 51, in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria.

Soldiers carried

Adelaide to Port Suez 5 February - 12 March 1917

Embarked in Fremantle 13 February

Other Voyages

6 May 1916 from Melbourne

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+Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line). Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.
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+* 03/09/1914 until 14/04/1917 Australian Expeditionary Force Transport No. A.6.
+* 11/03/1915 until 07/07/1915 On Imperial service
+* 13/01/1916 until 04/03/1916 On Imperial service.
+* 15/04/1917 until 22/06/1917 Expeditionary Force Transport No. F. 182, moving Canadian stores.
+* 23/06/1917 until 17/11/1917 Liner Requisition Scheme.
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+Whilst on a voyage from Chittagong to London, with general cargo, was sunk with a torpedo by the German submarine UB 51, in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria.
-==Remarks==
-Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line), she was leased by the Commonwealth until 14 Apr 1915.
-Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria.
-Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat UB-51 in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria while enroute from Madras to London.
 ==Soldiers carried==
-==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 February - 123 March 1917==
+===Adelaide to Port Suez 5 February - 12 March 1917===
+Embarked in Fremantle 13 February
+*[[Pierre Wolfe Daimpre]]
 *[[Denzel Roy (Roy) Fletcher]]
+*[[Samuel Edward Tate]]
+===Other Voyages===
+* 6 May 1916 from Melbourne
 [[Category:Ships]]