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*[[Alfred Arthur Martin]] | *[[Alfred Arthur Martin]] | ||
*[[Francis Leonard Martin]] | *[[Francis Leonard Martin]] |
Revision as of 19:15, 25 June 2017
History | |
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Builder/Built | 1910 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Displacement | 11,231 tons |
Speed | 15 knots |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 3 Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 3 December 1914
- 4 Fremantle to Alexandria 22 Dec 1914 - ? January 1915
- 5 Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
- 6 Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915
- 7 Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September - 13 October 1915
- 8 Alexandria to Lemnos Island 15 - 18 November 1915
- 9 Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916
- 10 Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916
Remarks
Original owner was the Aberdeen Line, later sold to the Shaw, Saville & Albion Line for routes to Australia. She could carry 250 third class passengers, and 100 in first class. The trip to Melbourne took 40 days.
Served during WW1 as a troopship under the control of the Commonwealth until 20 Oct 1917, and in trans Atlantic convoys during WW2. Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to the Australian route.
She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 3 December 1914
Fremantle to Alexandria 22 Dec 1914 - ? January 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September - 13 October 1915
- Henry Thomas Cockram
- Osborne Fisher
- Alfred Arthur Martin
- Francis Leonard Martin
- William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar