HMT Ivernia
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMT Ivernia |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle |
| Type | Passenger Liner - immigrants |
| Displacement | 13,799 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company and used pre war on the Liverpool to New York or Boston routes. It was taken over as a troopship in September 1914, Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece. 85 soldiers and 35 crew died.
List of soldiers carried
Alexandria to Mudros & Gallipoli 4 Sep 1915 - 7 Sep 1915 - 10 Sep 1915
William Barge
Edward Briggs
Frederick Hobbs
Stephen Henry Horrocks
Henry George Price
Alexandria to Marseilles 5 Jun 1916 - 12 Jun 1916
George Edward Binns
Thomas Bird
Victor Norman Chandler MM
George Sidney Cook
Alexander Donald
Victor Emanuel Durling
Albert John Egan MID
Charles Maul Glover
John Francis Grabham MM
Walter David Francis Kerridge
Alexander Russell Main
Leonard Roy Matthews
Keith George Harman Podger
Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor