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| shipowner = S.S. Uganda Steamship Co. Ltd. - Maclay & McIntyre, Glasgow)
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| shipfate = torpedoed and sunk 8 Mar 1918
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Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services.
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Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses. Between 1915 and 1916 she made four trips from Australia carrying troops.
  
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On 17 Jun 1916, off Marseilles she was attacked by an enemy submarine, and was hit several times by shellfire. The Uganda fired back, and it is thought that her sixth shell hit the submarine which submerged. Management of the ship was transferred to the British Admiralty on 4 Dec 1916.
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On 29 May 1918 she was again attacked, this time by torpedoes, off Majorca, 150 km north of Algiers by U-Boat UB49.  The Uganda sank two days later, without loss of life.
  
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Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London.  Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services.
 
  
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Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses.
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===Fremantle to Plymouth 20 September - 15 November 1916===
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* † [[Jim Anderson]]
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On 17 Jun 1916, off Marseilles she was attacked by an enemy submarine, and was hit several times by shellfire.  The Uganda fired back, and it is thought her sixth shell hit the submarine which submerged.
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* [[James Edward Grabham]]
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On 29 May 1918 she was again attacked, this time by torpedoes, off Majorca, 150 km north of Algiers by U-Boat UB49.  The Uganda sank two days later, without loss of life.
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* [[Roy Walden King]]
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* [[George Sanderson]]
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* † [[Herbert Charles Smith]]
  
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[[James Edward Grabham]]
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===Other Voyages===
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* 15 June 1915 from Sydney & 22 June 1915 from Melbourne
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* 20 November 1915 from Sydney, New South Wales
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 12 October 2021

HMAT A66 Uganda
HMAT A66 Uganda.jpg
Shipwrecked Mariners Society
History
Name HMAT A66 Uganda
Owner S.S. Uganda Steamship Co. Ltd. - Maclay & McIntyre, Glasgow)
Builder Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Yard number 411
Launched 29 Aug 1905
In service 1905
Out of service 1918
Fate torpedoed and sunk 8 Mar 1918
General characteristics
Type passenger / cargo steamship
Tonnage 5,355 tons
Length 385.5 ft (117.5m)
Beam 50.0 ft (15.24m)
Depth 26.0 ft (7.92m)
Speed 10 knots (18.52 kph)


Remarks

Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services. Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses. Between 1915 and 1916 she made four trips from Australia carrying troops.


On 17 Jun 1916, off Marseilles she was attacked by an enemy submarine, and was hit several times by shellfire. The Uganda fired back, and it is thought that her sixth shell hit the submarine which submerged. Management of the ship was transferred to the British Admiralty on 4 Dec 1916.


On 29 May 1918 she was again attacked, this time by torpedoes, off Majorca, 150 km north of Algiers by U-Boat UB49. The Uganda sank two days later, without loss of life.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Plymouth 20 September - 15 November 1916


Other Voyages

  • 15 June 1915 from Sydney & 22 June 1915 from Melbourne
  • 20 November 1915 from Sydney, New South Wales
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