HMAT A74 Marathon

| label3 = Builder/Built | data3 = 1903 Alex Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Modified 1912

| label4 = Type | data4 = passenger / cargo ship

| label5 = Displacement | data5 = 7,848 tons

| label6 = Speed | data6 = 15 knots

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HMAT A74 Marathon

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History
Name	HMAT A74 Marathon
Builder	Alex Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Modified 1912
Yard number	402
Launched	18 Nov 1903
General characteristics
Type	passenger / cargo ship
Tonnage	7,848 tons
Length	540 ft
Beam	55 ft
Speed	15 knots (27.8 kph)

Remarks

Owned by the G Thompson & Co Ltd, of London, operating as the Aberdeen Line between 1903 and 1921. Originally she had a single funnel, but in 1912 there was a commercial case for her to be lengthened, and as part of the modification she was rebuilt with two funnels.

Leased by the Commonwealth from 27 Oct 1916 until 28 Jul 1917. She made three journeys carrying troops from mid 1916 until early 1917 before she was handed over to the British Admiralty on 28 Jul 1917. She was later to play a part in the return of troops to Australia after the war concluded. She was renamed Oruba in 1921 when sold to Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, Aberdeen. Sold again in 1824, this time to Schweitzer & Oppler, Berlin before being scrapped in Hamburg during 1925.

Soldiers carried

Sydney to Devonport 4 May - 9 July 1916

• James Henry Davidson

Albany to England 18 Apr 1918 - ???

• Frank Thomas Firns

England to Fremantle 17 June - 8 August 1918

• James Anthony Parker

Albany to London 29 July - 27 September 1918

• Frank Thomas Firns
• Walter Alfred King
• Sidney John Richards

England to Fremantle 6 November - 30 December 1918

• George Emanuel Nettleton

England to Fremantle 19 April - 31 May 1919

• Ernest Albert Batt
• John Edmond Rhodes
• Eric Oswald Strang

England to Fremantle 7 November - 19 December 1919

• Douglas Campbell Wills Winning and wife