HMAT A31 Ajana

History
Name	HMAT A31 Ajana
Builder/Built	Russell & Co, Port Glasgow
Type	passenger / refrigerated cargo
Displacement	7,759 tons
Speed	13 knots

Remarks

Built for Australind Steam Ship Co Ltd, London. Leased to the Commonwealth until 12 May 1917. Underwent conversion to a troopship at Cockatoo Island Drydock on the 9th and 10th December 1914 to transport 427 troops and 304 horses.

Made six or more journeys from Australia.

On 14 Apr 1917 she was attacked by a U-Boat in the English Channel but was able to escape, and was chased for a second time by a U-Boat of the NW coast of Ireland on 29 Jul 1917, and again successfully evaded her predator.

Fremantle to Alexandria 31 December 1914 - ? 1915

• Douglas Campbell Wills Winning

Fremantle to Port Suez 22 December 1915 - ? January 1916

• John Edwin Ffoulkes DCM
• William Dobson Stevens

Fremantle to Plymouth 15 July - 1 September 1916

• Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney
• John Hall