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− | | | + | | image = [[File:RMS_Mongolia_4.jpg]] |
+ | | caption = Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt | ||
+ | | image2 = [[File:RMS_Mongolia_3.jpg]] | ||
+ | | caption2 = S.S. Mongolia is seen here in Melbourne Australia | ||
+ | | shipname = RMS Mongolia | ||
+ | | shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = 302 | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = 13 Aug 1903 | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = | ||
+ | | shipinservice = 1904 | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice = 1917 | ||
+ | | shipinservice2 = | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
+ | | shipreclassified = | ||
+ | | shipID = | ||
+ | | shipfate = mined 24 Jun 1917 | ||
+ | | shiptype = Passenger / cargo | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 9,505 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 520.9 ft (158.73m) | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 58.3 ft (17.75m) | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 24.8 ft (7.52m) | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
+ | | shipspeed = 19 knots (35.19 km/h) | ||
+ | | shipcapacity = 1,180 passengers | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | ==Remarks== | |
− | + | In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay. | |
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− | + | On 24 Jun 1917 when 50 nautical miles south by west of Bombay, inward from London with passengers and mail, she struck a mine laid by ''SMS Wolf''. Many of the survivors made it by lifeboat to a nearby island from which they were later rescued. | |
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915== | + | ===Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915=== |
− | *[[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]] | + | * [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]] |
− | *[[Frank Orlando Dawson]] | + | * [[Frank Orlando Dawson]] |
− | *[[Frank William Dowell]] | + | * † [[Frank William Dowell]] |
− | *[[Rudolf Eberhardt]] | + | * † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]] |
− | *[[John Francis Grabham MM]] | + | * [[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]] |
− | *[[Edward Henry Hanrahan]] | + | * [[John Francis Grabham MM]] |
− | *[[Herbert George Lewis]] | + | * [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]] |
− | *[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] | + | * [[William Joseph Hayden]] |
− | *[[George Scrivener]] | + | * [[Herbert George Lewis]] |
− | *[[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]] | + | * [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] |
− | *[[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]] | + | * [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]] |
− | *[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] | + | * † [[George Scrivener]] |
− | *[[William Charles Woodland]] | + | * [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]] |
+ | * [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]] | ||
+ | * [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] | ||
+ | * [[William Charles Woodland]] | ||
− | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916== | + | ===Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916=== |
− | *[[Edward Henson Broadhurst]] | + | * [[Edward Henson Broadhurst]] |
− | *[[Walter Cattach]] | + | * [[Walter Cattach]] |
− | == | + | ==Notes== |
− | + | There is considerable confusion on a number of internet sites between the ''Mongolia'' built in 1903 by Caird & Co which struck a mine and sank in 1917 with the ''Mongolian'' built by William Denny & Bros that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918. On the casis of probability I have provided details of the 1903 version which was sailing from Australian ports during 1916. | |
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 19:52, 10 October 2023
Contents
Remarks
In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay.
On 24 Jun 1917 when 50 nautical miles south by west of Bombay, inward from London with passengers and mail, she struck a mine laid by SMS Wolf. Many of the survivors made it by lifeboat to a nearby island from which they were later rescued.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915
- Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett
- Frank Orlando Dawson
- † Frank William Dowell
- † Rudolf Eberhardt
- Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann
- John Francis Grabham MM
- Edward Henry Hanrahan
- William Joseph Hayden
- Herbert George Lewis
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM
- † George Scrivener
- Amos Roy (Roy) Smith
- Edward Harris (Ted) Smith
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
- William Charles Woodland
Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916
Notes
There is considerable confusion on a number of internet sites between the Mongolia built in 1903 by Caird & Co which struck a mine and sank in 1917 with the Mongolian built by William Denny & Bros that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918. On the casis of probability I have provided details of the 1903 version which was sailing from Australian ports during 1916.