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| shipname = HMT Ivernia
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| shipowner = Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. - British & North American RMSP Co - Cunard White Star Line.
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| shipbuilder = Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle
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| shipyardnumber = 247
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| shiplaunched = 1899
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| shipcompleted = 1900
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| shipinservice = 14 Apr 1900
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| shipoutofservice = 1 Jan 1917
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| shipfate = Torpedoed and fondered
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| shiptype = Passenger Liner - immigrants
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| shiptonnage = 13,799 tons
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| shiplength = 600 ft (180 m)
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| shipbeam = 64 ft (20 m)
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| shipdepth = 37 ft 98 in (11.5m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 1,964 passengers - (164 x 1st Class, 200 Sx 2nd, 1,600 x 3rd)
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Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company. he made her maiden voyage, from Liverpool to New York, on 14 April 1900. Two months later she was placed on the Liverpool-Boston route for which she was intended, and remained on that route until December 1911. Ivernia was then placed on a Trieste-New York route and remained there until World War I, except for the winter of 1912-13, when she returned to the Boston-Liverpool route.  
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She was taken over as a troopship in September 1914.
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Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by German U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece while carrying 2,400 Scottish troops from Marseilles to Alexandria. Eighty five soldiers and thirty six crew died.
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==Alexandria to Mudros 4 - 7 September 1915==
  
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==Remarks==
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On 10 Sep 1915 all boarded [[HMT Sarnia]] for the journey to Anzac Cove
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* † [[William Barge]]
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* † [[Charles Barnett]]
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* [[William Michael Bowman]]
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* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
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* [[Edward Briggs]]
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* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
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* † [[Oswald Chorlton]]
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* [[William Edward Clarence Green]]
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* [[Walter Hayward]]
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* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
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* † [[John Hobbs]]
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* † [[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
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* [[Henry Richard Keefe]]
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* † [[Basil Kelley]]
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* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
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* † [[Harry Pickard]]
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* [[Henry George Price]]
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* [[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
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* † [[Roland Parker Shelley]]
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* [[Arnold Thorp]]
  
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Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company and used pre war on the Liverpool to New York or Boston routes.  It was taken over as a troopship in September 1914.
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==England to Alexandria ?? - 16 February 1916==
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*[[John Donald Stalker]]
  
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Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece. 
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==Alexandria to Marseilles France 22 - 28 Mar 1916==
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85 soldiers and 35 crew died.
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*[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
  
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==Soldiers carried==
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==Alexandria to Marseilles 5 - 12 June 1916==
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* [[Edward Patrick Barker]]
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* [[George Edward Binns]]
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* [[Clyde Bird]]
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* [[Thomas Bird]]
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* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
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* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
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* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
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* † [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
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* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
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* [[George Sidney Cook]]
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* [[Francis Crowe]]
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* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
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* [[Charles Henry Davis]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]] post WW1 men
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* [[Alexander Donald]]
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
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* [[Albert John Egan MID]]
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* † [[Charles Maul Glover]]
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* † [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
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* † [[John Huntley]]
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* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
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* [[Thomas William Kerry]]
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* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
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* † [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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* [[Charles Frederick McKay]]
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* † [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* † [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
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* † [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
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* [[Frederick Selkirk]]
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* † [[Frank Leslie Sexton]]
  
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==Alexandria to Mudros & Gallipoli 4 - 7 - 10 September 1915==
 
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*[[William Barge]]
 
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*[[Charles Barnett]]
 
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*[[William Bowman]]
 
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*[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
 
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*[[Edward Briggs]]
 
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*[[William Edward Clarence Green]]
 
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*[[Frederick Hobbs]]
 
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*[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
 
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*[[Henry Richard Keefe]]
 
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*[[Henry George Price]]
 
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*[[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
 
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==Alexandria to Marseilles 5 - 12 June 1916==
 
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*[[George Edward Binns]]
 
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*[[Clyde Bird]]
 
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*[[Thomas Bird]]
 
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*[[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
 
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*[[Bernard William Chatfield]]
 
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*[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
 
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*[[George Sydney Cook]]
 
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*[[Gordon Devereux MM]] post WW1 men
 
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*[[Alexander Donald]]
 
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*[[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
 
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*[[Albert John Egan MiD]]
 
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*[[Charles Maul Glover]]
 
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*[[John Francis Grabham MM]]
 
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*[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
 
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*[[Thomas William Kerry]]
 
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*[[Alexander Russell Main]]
 
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*[[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
 
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*[[Keith George Harman Podger]]
 
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*[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
 
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*[[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
 
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*[[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
 
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*[[Frederick Selkirk]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 7 July 2022

HMT Ivernia
HMT Ivernia.jpg
HMT Ivernia 1.jpg
History
Name HMT Ivernia
Owner Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. - British & North American RMSP Co - Cunard White Star Line.
Builder Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle
Yard number 247
Launched 1899
Completed 1900
In service 14 Apr 1900
Out of service 1 Jan 1917
Fate Torpedoed and fondered
General characteristics
Type Passenger Liner - immigrants
Tonnage 13,799 tons
Length 600 ft (180 m)
Beam 64 ft (20 m)
Depth 37 ft 98 in (11.5m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Capacity 1,964 passengers - (164 x 1st Class, 200 Sx 2nd, 1,600 x 3rd)



Remarks

Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company. he made her maiden voyage, from Liverpool to New York, on 14 April 1900. Two months later she was placed on the Liverpool-Boston route for which she was intended, and remained on that route until December 1911. Ivernia was then placed on a Trieste-New York route and remained there until World War I, except for the winter of 1912-13, when she returned to the Boston-Liverpool route.


She was taken over as a troopship in September 1914.

Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by German U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece while carrying 2,400 Scottish troops from Marseilles to Alexandria. Eighty five soldiers and thirty six crew died.

Soldiers carried

Alexandria to Mudros 4 - 7 September 1915

On 10 Sep 1915 all boarded HMT Sarnia for the journey to Anzac Cove

England to Alexandria ?? - 16 February 1916

Alexandria to Marseilles France 22 - 28 Mar 1916

Alexandria to Marseilles 5 - 12 June 1916

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