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| shipname = HMAT A30 Borda
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| shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London.
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| shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock
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| shipyardnumber = 326
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| shiplaunched = 17 December 1913
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| shipcompleted = March 1914
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| shipinservice = April 1914
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| shipoutofservice = August 1930
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| shipID = JFDV
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| shipfate = scrapped in japan
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| shiptype = Passenger / cargo (refrigerated)
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| shiptonnage = 11,136 tons
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| shiplength = 500 ft (152.35m)
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| shipbeam = 62.25 ft (18.95m)
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| shipdepth = 31.75 ft (11.52m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 Kph)
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| shipcapacity = 302 one class
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==Remarks==
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Built for the Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Company of London, and designed for the Australian emigrant service via Cape Town.
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Leased by the Commonwealth until 10 Sep 1917 during which time it made 6 voyages from Australia with troops. On 19 Sep 1917 management was transferred to the British Admiralty. She was a part of the second convoy from Albany in December 1914.
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In 1920 the '''Borda''' returned to civilian ownership and returned to Australian service. Her last trip from Australia was in 1929 after which she was laid up before being sold in August 1930 for scrapping. She sailed to Kobe in Japan where she was demolished.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 26 April - ? May 1915===
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* [[William Buck]]
  
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===Alexandria to Mudros 18 - 21 October 1915===
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* † [[Thomas Flavin]]
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* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
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===Port Suez to Fremantle 15 November - 13 December 1915===
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* [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
  
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 17 January - 9 February 1916===
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* [[James Barber]]
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* [[Edward Patrick Barker]]
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* [[George Edward Binns]]
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* [[Donald Victor Chisholm]]
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* [[Alexander Donald]]
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* [[Charles Rudolff Dumps]]
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* [[William Ellis]] boarded in Adelaide
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* [[Frederick James Howard]]
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* [[Thomas William Kerry]]
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* [[Roderick McCaskill]]
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* [[Patrick O'Flaherty]]
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* [[John James Thorpe]]
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* [[Ernest Wells]]
  
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==Remarks==
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===England to Fremantle 17 August - 16 September 1916===
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Built for the Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Company of London, and designed for the Australian emigrant service via Cape Town.
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* [[William Buck]]
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Leased by the Commonwealth until 10 Sep 1917.  Part of the second convoy from Albany.  Completed at least four voyages from Australia.
 
  
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1920 returned to Australian service.  Last trip from Australia in 1929, before being sold in 1930 to Japan for demolition at Kobe.
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===Adelaide to Plymouth 23 June - 25 August 1917===
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Embarked in Fremantle on 29 June
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* [[Alan Harry Boyce]]
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* [[William Alfred Gallant MBE]]
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* † [[John James Gill]]
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* [[Alfred Gittins]]
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* [[Clarence William Hammond]]
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* [[Leslie Charles Hutchinson]]
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* [[John Kiely]]
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* [[James Lang]]
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* † [[Cecil Herbert McKeown]]
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* [[John Laidlaw Paterson]]
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* † [[James Edward Richardson]]
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* [[Robert Rueben Rodgers]]
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* † [[Albert Squire]]
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* † [[Daniel Malcolm Wann]]
  
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Plymouth to Fremantle 26 September - 12 November 1917===
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* [[Francis William Wakeham]]
  
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 26 April - ? May 1915==
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===England to Fremantle 5 April 1918 - 22 May 1918===
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*[[William Buck]]
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* [[Thomas Carberry MM MID]]
  
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 January - 9 February 1916==
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===England to Australia 2 May 1919 - 30 May 1919===
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* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]] As Paymaster remained on ship to last port (Melbourne ??)
  
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*[[George Edward Binns]]
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===England to Fremantle 9 December 1919 - 19 January 1920===
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*[[Donald Victor Chisholm]]
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* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
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*[[Alexander Donald]]
 
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*[[Charles Rudolff Dumps]]
 
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*[[William Ellis]] boarded in Adelaide
 
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*[[Frederick James Howard]]
 
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*[[Thomas William Kerry]]
 
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*[[Roderick McCaskill]]
 
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*[[John James Thorpe]] Post WW1 men
 
  
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==Fremantle to Plymouth 29 June - 25 August 1917==
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===Other Voyages===
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*[[Alfred Gittins]]
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* 15 December 1914 from Brisbane
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*[[Leslie Charles Hutchinson]]
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* 23 June 1915 from Adelaide
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* 5 June 1916 from Sydney
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* 17 October 1916 from Sydney
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* 17 July 1918 from Sydney
  
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==Plymouth to Fremantle 26 September - 12 November 1917==
 
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*[[Francis William Wakeham]]
 
  
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==England to Fremantle 9 December 1919 - 19 January 1920==
 
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*[[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
 
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 23:18, 28 August 2023

HMAT A30 Borda
HMAT A30 Borda 2.jpg
HMAT A30 Borda 3.jpg
History
Name HMAT A30 Borda
Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London.
Builder Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number 326
Launched 17 December 1913
Completed March 1914
In service April 1914
Out of service August 1930
Fate scrapped in japan
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargo (refrigerated)
Tonnage 11,136 tons
Length 500 ft (152.35m)
Beam 62.25 ft (18.95m)
Depth 31.75 ft (11.52m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 Kph)
Capacity 302 one class


Remarks

Built for the Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Company of London, and designed for the Australian emigrant service via Cape Town.


Leased by the Commonwealth until 10 Sep 1917 during which time it made 6 voyages from Australia with troops. On 19 Sep 1917 management was transferred to the British Admiralty. She was a part of the second convoy from Albany in December 1914.


In 1920 the Borda returned to civilian ownership and returned to Australian service. Her last trip from Australia was in 1929 after which she was laid up before being sold in August 1930 for scrapping. She sailed to Kobe in Japan where she was demolished.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Port Suez 26 April - ? May 1915

Alexandria to Mudros 18 - 21 October 1915

Port Suez to Fremantle 15 November - 13 December 1915

Fremantle to Port Suez 17 January - 9 February 1916

England to Fremantle 17 August - 16 September 1916

Adelaide to Plymouth 23 June - 25 August 1917

Embarked in Fremantle on 29 June

Plymouth to Fremantle 26 September - 12 November 1917

England to Fremantle 5 April 1918 - 22 May 1918

England to Australia 2 May 1919 - 30 May 1919

England to Fremantle 9 December 1919 - 19 January 1920

===Other Voyages===
  • 15 December 1914 from Brisbane
  • 23 June 1915 from Adelaide
  • 5 June 1916 from Sydney
  • 17 October 1916 from Sydney
  • 17 July 1918 from Sydney
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