Difference between revisions of "HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale"

HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale
	AWM P01122.003
History
Name	HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale
Builder	Charles Connell & Company, Scotstoun
Yard number	354
Launched	4 Sep 1913
Completed	Oct 1913
In service	16 Oct 1913
Fate	torpedoed and sunk 17 Nov 1917
General characteristics
Type	passenger / cargo ship single Screw
Tonnage	5,121 tons
Length	430.2 ft (131.13m)
Beam	53.4 ft (16.28m)
Depth	26.7 ft (8.14m)
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	14 knots (25.93 kph)
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 12 October 2021

Remarks

Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line). Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.

War service

03/09/1914 until 14/04/1917 Australian Expeditionary Force Transport No. A.6.
11/03/1915 until 07/07/1915 On Imperial service
13/01/1916 until 04/03/1916 On Imperial service.
15/04/1917 until 22/06/1917 Expeditionary Force Transport No. F. 182, moving Canadian stores.
23/06/1917 until 17/11/1917 Liner Requisition Scheme.

Whilst on a voyage from Chittagong to London, with general cargo, was sunk with a torpedo by the German submarine UB 51, in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria.

Soldiers carried

Adelaide to Port Suez 5 February - 12 March 1917

Embarked in Fremantle 13 February

Other Voyages

6 May 1916 from Melbourne

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+Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line). Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.
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+* 03/09/1914 until 14/04/1917 Australian Expeditionary Force Transport No. A.6.
+* 11/03/1915 until 07/07/1915 On Imperial service
+* 13/01/1916 until 04/03/1916 On Imperial service.
+* 15/04/1917 until 22/06/1917 Expeditionary Force Transport No. F. 182, moving Canadian stores.
+* 23/06/1917 until 17/11/1917 Liner Requisition Scheme.
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+Whilst on a voyage from Chittagong to London, with general cargo, was sunk with a torpedo by the German submarine UB 51, in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria.
-==Remarks==
-Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line), she was leased by the Commonwealth until 14 Apr 1915, when responsibility for her management was transferred to the British Admiralty.
-Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.
-Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat UB-51 in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria while enroute from Madras to London.
 ==Soldiers carried==
-==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 February - 12 March 1917==
+===Adelaide to Port Suez 5 February - 12 March 1917===
+Embarked in Fremantle 13 February
 *[[Pierre Wolfe Daimpre]]
 *[[Denzel Roy (Roy) Fletcher]]
 *[[Samuel Edward Tate]]
+===Other Voyages===
+* 6 May 1916 from Melbourne
 [[Category:Ships]]