HMAT A32 Themistocles
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History | |
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Builder/Built | 1910 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Displacement | 11,231 tons |
Speed | 15 knots |
==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.
Contents
- 1 List of soldiers carried
- 2 Fremantle to Alexandria 2 Nov 1914 - 3 Dec 1914
- 3 Fremantle to Port Suez 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915
- 4 Alexandria to Fremantle 13 Aug 1915 - 10 Sep 1915
- 5 Fremantle to Port Suez 13 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 1915
- 6 Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 Mar 1916 - 21 Mar 1916
- 7 Fremantle to Port Suez 17 Apr 1916 - 14 May 1916
List of soldiers carried
Fremantle to Alexandria 2 Nov 1914 - 3 Dec 1914
Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915
Alexandria to Fremantle 13 Aug 1915 - 10 Sep 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 13 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 1915
Henry Thomas Cockram
Alfred Arthur Martin
Francis Leonard Martin
William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar