HMAT A20 Hororata
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMAT A20 Hororata |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 9,461 tons |
| Speed | 15.7 knots |
Remarks
Owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London and leased by the Commonwealth until 11 Sep 1917. Originally fitted out to serve the New Zealand emigrant trade, with 5 First Class berths and 1066 Steerage Class.
Completed six voyages from Australia, the first being from Melbourne with the 6th and 7th Battalion HQs on 18 Oct 1914, and she was a member of the 1st Convoy that left from Albany. From 12 Sep 1917 until 12 Apr 1919 it was taken up as part of the Liner Requisition Scheme, continuing to carry troops. Laid up from August 1930 until Feb 1933. The Hororata then served as a Cadet Training Ship from 1934 to 1939.
Sold to the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd in London, it was renamed Waroonga before being again requisitioned on 7 Mar 1940 for service with the Liner Requisition Scheme. On 5 Apr 1943 while part of a convoy from New York to London it was torpedoed by a U Boat, sinking the next day.
List of soldiers carried
Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt 26 Apr 1915 - ?
William Buck
Charles Henry Davis
Albert Stephenson Jackson
William John Martin