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Revision as of 20:03, 3 April 2017
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| Name | HMAT A14 Euripides |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamship (triple screw) |
| Displacement | 14,947 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Remarks
Built for G Thompson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, she was on her maiden voyage to Brisbane when war broke out. Requisitioned two days after her arrival by the Commonwealth, whose control ended 2 Jun 1917.
A member of the first convoy from Albany, she completed seven voyages from Australia with troops. In 1919 she was used to repatriate Australian troops and during the period 1914 - 1919 she carried 38,439 troops to or from the war.
Post war she was overhauled and resumed the Aberdeen Line's London - Australia route, before changing hands several times between wars.
During WW2 she was again used as a troopship before another transformation in 1945 back to civilian use before being sent to shipbreakers in Antwerp in May 1954.