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− | ''SS Andes'' was built for mail, passenger and refrigerated cargo service from Southampton to Brazil and River Plate but was used as a troopship in World War II immediately | + | ''SS Andes'' was built for mail, passenger and refrigerated cargo service from Southampton to Brazil and River Plate but was used as a troopship in World War II immediately after her completion. In troop service she broke three speed records for long-distance voyages. She was one of seven large troop ships that then formed Convoy US 3 from Australia to the Middle East. The others were the Cunard-White Star liners ''RMS Aquitania'', ''Mauretania'' and ''Queen Mary'' and the Canadian Pacific liners ''RMS Empress of Britain'', ''Empress of Canada'' and ''Empress of Japan''. |
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* [[Donald Norrish MacDonald]] | * [[Donald Norrish MacDonald]] | ||
* [[Roy Alva Stirling]] | * [[Roy Alva Stirling]] | ||
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+ | ===Sydney to Fremantle 2 - 7 November 1945=== | ||
+ | * [[Garnet Lyndsay Adams]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
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Remarks
SS Andes was built for mail, passenger and refrigerated cargo service from Southampton to Brazil and River Plate but was used as a troopship in World War II immediately after her completion. In troop service she broke three speed records for long-distance voyages. She was one of seven large troop ships that then formed Convoy US 3 from Australia to the Middle East. The others were the Cunard-White Star liners RMS Aquitania, Mauretania and Queen Mary and the Canadian Pacific liners RMS Empress of Britain, Empress of Canada and Empress of Japan.
Armament As troop ship:
- 1 × 6-inch (150 mm) gun
- 1 × 4.5-inch (110 mm) gun
- 2 × QF 12 pounder guns
- 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
- 14 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- depth charges
- 1 × unrotated projectile AA weapon
First commercial voyage January 1948. Converted to full-time cruise liner 1960, based at Southampton. Sold for breaking up at Ghent, Belgium, for £325,000; handed over 7 May 1971.