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| name          = HMAT A38 Ulysses
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| caption2      = Troops waiting to embark, HMAT Ulysses AWM P08286.011
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| shipname = HMAT A38 Ulysses
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| shipowner = China Mutual Steam Navigation Co, of London,
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|  image        = [[File:HMAT_A38_Ulysses.jpg|600px]]
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| shipbuilder = Workman Clark, Belfast
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| shipyardnumber = 319
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| shiplaunched = 5 Jul 1913
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| shipcompleted = 1913
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| shipinservice = 22 Oct 1913
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| shipoutofservice = 11 Apr 1942
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| header1  = History
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| shipID = GQPZ
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| shipfate = torpedoed and sunk by U-160
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| shiptype = Armed merchant ship
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|   data2  = ''HMAT A38 Ulysses''
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| shiptonnage = 14,449 tons
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| shiplength = 176.8m
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| shipbeam = 20.8m
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|   data3  = 1913 Workman Clark, Belfast
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| shipdepth = 12.3m
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 13.5 knots (25 Kph)
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|   data4  = Passenger cargo ship (twin screw)
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| shipcapacity = Crew 195; 95 passengers
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==Remarks==
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Built for China Mutual Steam Navigation Co, of London, leased by the Commonwealth until 15 Aug 1917.  Made six trips from Australia.
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In addition to carrying troops, along with the other transports she carried general goods to the UK.  On 15 Aug 1917 management was passed to the British Admiralty. She was then used to transfer US troops across the Atlantic, before resuming commercial service in 1920. At the time of her sinking she was owned by Alfred Holt & Co., Liverpool
  
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==Remarks==
 
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Owned by China Mutual SN Co, of London, leased by the Commonwealth until 15 Aug 1917.  Made six trips from Australia.
 
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In addition to carrying troops, along with the other transports she carried general goods to the UK.  On 15 Aug 1917 management was passed to the British Admiralty.
 
  
  
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At 22.31 hours on 11 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Ulysses enroute from Sydney to Liverpool with cargo, was hit in the stern by one stern torpedo from U-160 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and in the engine room by a torpedo at 22.53 hours. While the crew abandoned ship, the U-boat moved to the side and at 23.27 hours fired another torpedo that hit amidships and caused the ship to sink in 30 minutes, but this was not observed by the Germans because a flying boat was now circling the area.
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She was an important part of the Blue Funnel fleet with the Commodore Captain R D Owen in command. In 1942 she escaped from Hong Kong prior to the arrival of the Japanese, sailing to Singapore and then Australia where she loaded a cargo for Liverpool via the Panama Canal. On 8 April 1942 she collided with a vessel causing some bow damage, causing her to head for Newport News for repairs.  
  
  
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The master, 189 crew members, five gunners and 95 passengers were picked up by ''USS Manley'' and landed at Charleston, South Carolina.
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On 11th April, 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 10:31pm the unescorted Ulysses was hit in the stern by a torpedo from U-160 and then in the engine room by a torpedo at 10:53pm. While the crew abandoned ship, the U-boat moved to the side and at 11:27pm fired another torpedo that hit amidships and caused the ship to sink within 30 minutes, but this was not observed by the Germans because a flying boat was now circling the area. The master, 189 crew members, five gunners and 95 passengers were picked up by ''USS Manley'' and landed at Charleston, South Carolina.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
 
===Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 8 May - ?? June 1915===
 
===Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 8 May - ?? June 1915===
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*[[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
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* [[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
  
 
===Mudros to Alexandria 19 - 24 Aug 1915 (Hospital Ship)===
 
===Mudros to Alexandria 19 - 24 Aug 1915 (Hospital Ship)===
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*[[John Charles Hutchinson]]
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* [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
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===Port Tewfik to Fremantle 24 September 1915 - ? October 1915===
 
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*[[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
 
  
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===Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 27 Oct - 26 Nov 1915===
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===Port Tewfik to Fremantle  30 September 1915 - ? October 1915===
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*[[Edward Mordan Neale]]
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* [[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
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*[[Henry Giles Schmidt]] from Fremantle 2 Nov
 
  
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===Fremantle to Port Tewfik (Suez) 2 - 26 November 1915===
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===Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 27 October 1915 - 26 November 1915===
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* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
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* [[Edward Mordan Neale]]
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* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
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Embarked in Fremantle on 2 November
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* [[Francis Crowe]]
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* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]  
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* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]  
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* [[Francis Crowe]]  
 
* [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
 
* [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]  
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]  
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* [[Albert John Egan MID]]
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* [[Albert John Egan MID]]  
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* [[Richard Evans MM]]
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* [[Richard Evans MM]]  
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* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
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* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]  
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* [[James Kershaw]]
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* [[James Kershaw]]  
 
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
 
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
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* [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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* [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]  
 
* [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
 
* [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
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* [[William Rawlinson]]
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* [[William Rawlinson]]  
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]  
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* [[William Edgar Rowe]]
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* † [[William Edgar Rowe]]  
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]  
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* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
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* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]  
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* † [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
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* † [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]  
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* [[Arthur William Symonds]]
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* † [[Arthur William Symonds]]  
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===Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 27 Oct - ?? Nov 1915===
 
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*[[Edward Mordan Neale]]
 
  
 
===Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915===
 
===Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915===
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*[[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby]]
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* [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby]]
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*[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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* [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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*[[James Anthony Parker]]
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* [[James Anthony Parker]]
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*[[Hector Lionel Saw]]
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* [[Hector Lionel Saw]]
  
 
===Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916===
 
===Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916===
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*[[Frederick Hobbs]]
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* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
  
 
===Sydney to Alexandria 20 February - 25 April 1916===
 
===Sydney to Alexandria 20 February - 25 April 1916===
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Fremantle passengers boarded 1 Apr 1915
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Fremantle passengers boarded 1 Apr 1916
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*[[James Smith Dean]]
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* † [[Gilbert Henry Balinswella]]
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*[[Thomas William Dowell]]
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* [[James Smith Dean]]
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*[[Herbert Fuhrmann]]
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* [[Thomas William Dowell]]
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*[[John Wilfred Gargett]]
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* [[Herbert Fuhrmann]]
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*[[William Harwood]]
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* [[John Wilfred Gargett]]
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*[[John Henry Holroyd]]
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* [[William Harwood]]
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*[[James Lawrence McKenna]]
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* [[John Henry Holroyd]]
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*[[Henry Joseph Milne]]
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* [[James Lawrence McKenna]]
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*[[William George Munday]] boarded in Sydney
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* [[Henry Joseph Milne]]
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*[[Edward Price]]
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* [[William George Munday]] boarded in Sydney
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*[[Robert Landen Rayner]]
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* [[Edward Price]]
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*[[Cyril Augustest Tonkin]]
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* [[Robert Lauden Rayner]]
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*[[William Harrington Edward Watson]] boarded in Melbourne on 20 Feb 1916
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* [[Cyril Augustest Tonkin]]
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* [[William Harrington Edward Watson]] boarded in Melbourne on 20 Feb 1916
  
 
===Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916===
 
===Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916===
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*[[Charles Henry Robinson]]
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* [[Charles Henry Robinson]]
  
 
===England to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917===
 
===England to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917===
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===England to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917===
 
===England to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917===
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*[[George Henry Aspinall]]
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* [[George Henry Aspinall]]
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*[[Alexander Donald]]<br />
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* [[Alexander Donald]]<br />
  
 
===Port Said, Egypt to Fremantle 15 February - 11 March 1918===
 
===Port Said, Egypt to Fremantle 15 February - 11 March 1918===
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*[[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
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* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
  
 
===Devonport to Fremantle 18 January 1919 - 24 February 1919===
 
===Devonport to Fremantle 18 January 1919 - 24 February 1919===
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*[[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] Sick to Gibraltar Hospital 23 Jan 1918
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* [[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] Sick to Gibraltar Hospital 23 Jan 1918
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*[[Frederick George Golding]]
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* [[Frederick George Golding]]
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*[[Samuel Arthur Vincent]]
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* [[Samuel Arthur Vincent]]
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*[[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
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* [[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
  
 
===England to Melbourne 22 July 1919 - 30 Aug 1919===
 
===England to Melbourne 22 July 1919 - 30 Aug 1919===
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*[[Frederick James Allison MM]]
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* [[Frederick James Allison MM]]
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===Other Voyages===
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* 22 December 1914 from Melbourne
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* 19 December 1917 from Sydney
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 20:45, 26 August 2023

HMAT A38 Ulysses
HMAT A38 Ulysses.jpg
HMAT A38 Ulysses 2.jpg
Troops waiting to embark, HMAT Ulysses AWM P08286.011
History
Name HMAT A38 Ulysses
Owner China Mutual Steam Navigation Co, of London,
Builder Workman Clark, Belfast
Yard number 319
Launched 5 Jul 1913
Completed 1913
In service 22 Oct 1913
Out of service 11 Apr 1942
Fate torpedoed and sunk by U-160
General characteristics
Type Armed merchant ship
Tonnage 14,449 tons
Length 176.8m
Beam 20.8m
Depth 12.3m
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 13.5 knots (25 Kph)
Capacity Crew 195; 95 passengers


Remarks

Built for China Mutual Steam Navigation Co, of London, leased by the Commonwealth until 15 Aug 1917. Made six trips from Australia. In addition to carrying troops, along with the other transports she carried general goods to the UK. On 15 Aug 1917 management was passed to the British Admiralty. She was then used to transfer US troops across the Atlantic, before resuming commercial service in 1920. At the time of her sinking she was owned by Alfred Holt & Co., Liverpool


She was an important part of the Blue Funnel fleet with the Commodore Captain R D Owen in command. In 1942 she escaped from Hong Kong prior to the arrival of the Japanese, sailing to Singapore and then Australia where she loaded a cargo for Liverpool via the Panama Canal. On 8 April 1942 she collided with a vessel causing some bow damage, causing her to head for Newport News for repairs.


On 11th April, 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 10:31pm the unescorted Ulysses was hit in the stern by a torpedo from U-160 and then in the engine room by a torpedo at 10:53pm. While the crew abandoned ship, the U-boat moved to the side and at 11:27pm fired another torpedo that hit amidships and caused the ship to sink within 30 minutes, but this was not observed by the Germans because a flying boat was now circling the area. The master, 189 crew members, five gunners and 95 passengers were picked up by USS Manley and landed at Charleston, South Carolina.

Soldiers carried

Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 8 May - ?? June 1915

Mudros to Alexandria 19 - 24 Aug 1915 (Hospital Ship)

Port Tewfik to Fremantle 30 September 1915 - ? October 1915

Melbourne to Port Tewfik (Suez) 27 October 1915 - 26 November 1915

Embarked in Fremantle on 2 November

Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915

Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916

Sydney to Alexandria 20 February - 25 April 1916

Fremantle passengers boarded 1 Apr 1916

Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916

England to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917

England to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917

Port Said, Egypt to Fremantle 15 February - 11 March 1918

Devonport to Fremantle 18 January 1919 - 24 February 1919

England to Melbourne 22 July 1919 - 30 Aug 1919

Other Voyages

  • 22 December 1914 from Melbourne
  • 19 December 1917 from Sydney
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