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Revision as of 00:52, 25 July 2017
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| History | |
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| Name |
RMS Ormonde |
| Builder/Built | 1917 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 14,853 tons |
| Speed | 18 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Troopship that was Built for the Orient Line and was to serve the UK - Suez - Australia route between the wars.
She also served as a troopship during WW2. And after the war made 17 voyages with emigrants to Australia.
In Late 1952 she was retired and sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrap.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 13 March - 4 April 1918
- Douglas Gordon Scott MC Post WW1 men