HMAT A51 Chilka

History
Name	HMAT A51 Chilka
Builder/Built	1910 Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Type	passenger / cargo ship (twin screw)
Displacement	3,952 tons
Speed	14 knots

Remarks

The smallest of the vessels chartered by the Commonwealth, she was owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and made two journeys to Egypt with troops before being handed over to the Government of India on 4 Aug 1915.

In 1917 while back under private control the Chilka caught fire near Gopalpur on the Bay of Bengal, was beached and abandoned. 70 lives were lost.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Port Tewfik 19 June - ? July 1915

• James Owen Horrocks

Brisbane to Port Tewfik 2 Oct - ?? Dec 1915

3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance