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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 = | ||
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| + | | 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 | ||
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| − | + | ==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=== |
| − | [[Frank William Dowell]] | + | * [[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== | + | ===Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916=== |
| − | [[Edward Henson Broadhurst]] | + | * [[Edward Henson Broadhurst]] |
| + | * [[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
 Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt | |
 S.S. Mongolia is seen here in Melbourne Australia | |
| History | |
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| Name | RMS Mongolia |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 302 |
| Launched | 13 Aug 1903 |
| In service | 1904 |
| Out of service | 1917 |
| Fate | mined 24 Jun 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 9,505 tons |
| Length | 520.9 ft (158.73m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.75m) |
| Depth | 24.8 ft (7.52m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 19 knots (35.19 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1,180 passengers |
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.