Difference between revisions of "HMAT A24 Benalla"
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Built for Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co, London. Leased to the Commonwealth until 6 Aug 1917. | Built for Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co, London. Leased to the Commonwealth until 6 Aug 1917. | ||
Refitted at Cockatoo Island Drydock between 1st and 14th October 1915 to transport 1,395 troops. | Refitted at Cockatoo Island Drydock between 1st and 14th October 1915 to transport 1,395 troops. | ||
| − | Made four voyages from Australia carrying troops before being transferred to the British Admiralty. | + | Made four voyages from Australia carrying troops before being transferred to the British Admiralty on 6 Aug 1917. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 7 December 2017
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A24 Benalla |
| Builder/Built | 1913 Caird, of Greenock |
| Type | passenger / refrigerated cargo steamship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 11,118 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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Built for Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co, London. Leased to the Commonwealth until 6 Aug 1917. Refitted at Cockatoo Island Drydock between 1st and 14th October 1915 to transport 1,395 troops. Made four voyages from Australia carrying troops before being transferred to the British Admiralty on 6 Aug 1917.
Soldiers carried
Adelaide to Port Suez 27 October - ? November 1915
- Clarence Roy Champion joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- William Grenfell joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Joseph Sowden Kidd MM joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Samuel Vivian Mortimer
- Harold Stinton joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Frank Erle Waters joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915