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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.
List of soldiers carried
Victor Leo Gordon Boyle
Albert George Bullock
Gordon Vidgen Cross