Difference between revisions of "HMAT A16 Port Melbourne"
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==Fremantle to Davenport 30 October - 28 December 1916== | ==Fremantle to Davenport 30 October - 28 December 1916== | ||
| − | + | *[[Arthur James Allen]] | |
| − | [[Arthur James Allen]] | + | *[[William James Barnard]] |
| + | *[[Patrick Francis Fitzgerald]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Brown Mack]] | ||
| + | *[[William George Martin]] | ||
| + | *[Thomas Ramsell]] | ||
| + | *[[John Alexander Trotter]] | ||
| + | *[[Francis William Wakeham]] | ||
| + | *[[Frederick Owen Werndly]] | ||
==Albany to Liverpool 23 July - 16 September 1917== | ==Albany to Liverpool 23 July - 16 September 1917== | ||
| − | + | *[[John (Junior) Shepherd]] | |
| − | [[John (Junior) Shepherd]] | ||
==Albany to Southampton via Port Suez, Alexandria, Faenza (Italy) 8 May - 20 August 1918== | ==Albany to Southampton via Port Suez, Alexandria, Faenza (Italy) 8 May - 20 August 1918== | ||
| − | [[Ernest Taylor]] | + | *[[Ernest Taylor]] |
| + | *[[George Charles Unwin]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 23:54, 26 April 2017
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMAT A16 Port Melbourne |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Workman Clark, Belfast |
| Type | SS Troopship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 9,136 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Also known for part of the war as Star of Victoria. Owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, she spent August / September being converted to carry 1,000 troops.
Under both names, she made eight transport voyages from Australia commencing with the first convoy when she carried the 1st Light Horse Brigade.
The renaming occured in 1916 when its ownership was taken back by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd of London. Vessel remained under lease with the Commonwealth until 2 Oct 1917.
In 1919 she was converted for normal commercial trade. Following lengthy periods laid up in the 1930s, during WW2 she was used as a carrier of chilled meat, and survived to eventually be broken up in 1948.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Davenport 30 October - 28 December 1916
- Arthur James Allen
- William James Barnard
- Patrick Francis Fitzgerald
- Thomas Brown Mack
- William George Martin
- [Thomas Ramsell]]
- John Alexander Trotter
- Francis William Wakeham
- Frederick Owen Werndly