Difference between revisions of "HMT Aragon"
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| shipname = HMT Aragon | | shipname = HMT Aragon | ||
− | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. |
| shipbuilder = Harland and Wolf Belfast. | | shipbuilder = Harland and Wolf Belfast. | ||
| shipyardnumber = | | shipyardnumber = | ||
− | | shiplaunched = 1905 | + | | shiplaunched = 23 Feb 1905 |
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 22 Jun 1905 |
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 14 Jul 1905 |
| shipoutofservice = | | shipoutofservice = | ||
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
− | | shipoutofservice2 = | + | | shipoutofservice2 = 30 Dec 1917 |
− | | shipreclassified = | + | | shipreclassified = Passenger ship |
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = Torpedoed and sank |
| shiptype =Mails ship / passengers | | shiptype =Mails ship / passengers | ||
| shiptonnage = 9,588 tons | | shiptonnage = 9,588 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 512 ft 4 in (156.16m) |
− | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 60 ft 4 in (18.39m) |
− | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 31 ft (9.45m) |
| shippropulsion = twin screw | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
| shipspeed = 16 knots (29.63 km/h) | | shipspeed = 16 knots (29.63 km/h) | ||
− | | shipcapacity = | + | | shipcapacity = 306 x 1st class; 66 x 2nd; 632 x 3rd. |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Built as a transatlantic mail ship for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. During WW1 it acted as a fast troop | + | Built as a transatlantic mail ship for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was the first of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's fleet of "A-liners" that worked regular routes between Southampton and South American ports including Buenos Aires. |
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+ | In 1913 Aragon became Britain's first Defensively-Armed Merchant Ship ("DAMS") of modern times. Armamentincluded 2 × stern-mounted QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns (from 1913). During WW1 it acted as a fast troop ship, primarily in the Mediterranean, including participation in the British landing at Cape Helles during the Gallipoli campaign. Her duties also included evacuating nearly 1,500 wounded personnel to Alexandria and Malta. | ||
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− | on 30 Dec 1917 just outside Alexandria Harbour, the Aragon was torpedoed by U Boat UC-34, which also torpedoed the ship which had picked up most of her survivors. | + | on 30 Dec 1917 just outside Alexandria Harbour, the ''Aragon'' was torpedoed by U Boat ''UC-34'', which also torpedoed the ship which had picked up most of her survivors. In all 610 of the 2,700 troops aboard her were lost. |
− | In all 610 of the 2,700 troops aboard her were lost. | + | |
+ | Armament: 2 × stern-mounted QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns (from 1913)[4 | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
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Remarks
Built as a transatlantic mail ship for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was the first of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's fleet of "A-liners" that worked regular routes between Southampton and South American ports including Buenos Aires.
In 1913 Aragon became Britain's first Defensively-Armed Merchant Ship ("DAMS") of modern times. Armamentincluded 2 × stern-mounted QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns (from 1913). During WW1 it acted as a fast troop ship, primarily in the Mediterranean, including participation in the British landing at Cape Helles during the Gallipoli campaign. Her duties also included evacuating nearly 1,500 wounded personnel to Alexandria and Malta.
on 30 Dec 1917 just outside Alexandria Harbour, the Aragon was torpedoed by U Boat UC-34, which also torpedoed the ship which had picked up most of her survivors. In all 610 of the 2,700 troops aboard her were lost.
Armament: 2 × stern-mounted QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns (from 1913)[4