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| Name | HMAT A66 Uganda |
| Builder/Built | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Type | passenger / carg steamship |
| Displacement | 5,355 tons |
| Speed | 10 knots |
Remarks
Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services.
Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses.
On 17 Jun 1916, off Marseilles she was attacked by an enemy submarine, and was hit several times by shellfire. The Uganda fired back, and it is thought her sixth shell hit the submarine which submerged.
On 29 May 1918 she was again attacked, this time by torpedoes, off Majorca, 150 km north of Algiers by U-Boat UB49. The Uganda sank two days later, without loss of life.