HMAT A47 Mashobra

History
Name	HMAT A47 Mashobra
Builder/Built	1914 Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Type	Passenger / cargo ship
Displacement	8,174 tons
Speed	12.5 knots

Remarks

Owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London, she carried 66 first class passengers, 40 second class. leased by the Commonwealth until 21 Dec 1916. She completed four voyages from Australia before her management was turned over to the British Admiralty.

Torpedoed and sunk after catching fire in the Mediterranean Sea by Austrian submarine U29 south west of Cape Matapan on 15 Apr 1917. Eight lives were lost when the torpedo exploded in the engine room. After the crew abandoned the ship, the submarine pumped 70 shells into her from their deck gun. The Captain was taken prisoner, while the rest of the crew were rescued by trawlers and taken to Malta the next day.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Alexandria 8 February - 9 March 1915

• † Thomas Buckingham
• Edward Augustus Davis
• Austin Faulkner moved to the district after the war
• † Hobart Douglas Firns MID
• Charles Gorringe
• Beverley John Liddelow
• † Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece
• Frederick Thorneycroft Plant
• Edward James (Ted) Rouse
• Thomas Edward Raine
• Lawrence Hamill White MM

Bombay to Port Suez 18 March - 4 April 1917

• Robert Alexander Fernie
• John Henry Hart
• Selby Hartwell James
• Gordon Percival White