HMAT A71 Nestor

Blue Funnel Line postcard
Soldiers preparing to board HMAT Nestor in Liverpool bound for Australia. 20th May 1919. AWM P11458.026.002
History
Name	HMAT A71 Nestor
Builder/Built	1913 Workman Clark, Belfast
Type	Passenger / cargo (twin screw)
Displacement	14,501 tons
Speed	14 knots

Remarks

Built for A. Holt and Co, later the Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd of Liverpool (Blue Funnel Line) and leased by the Commonwealth until 26 Jun 1917 when her management was taken over by the British Admiralty. Completed six voyages from Australia, mainly carrying reinforcement units to England.

During peace time (served during 2 wars) was usually on the UK - Australia run. Broken up for scrap in 1950 at Faslane.

Soldiers carried

England to Perth 22 July - 13 September 1917

• Eric Horace Bell
• Edward (Ned) Gray
• William George Russell

Melbourne to Liverpool 28 February - 20 April 1918

• Harry Douglas Butcher
• Victor George James

England to Fremantle 12 December 1918 - 18 January 1919

• Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett
• John Esperance Blair
• William Wright Casterton MM
• Alfred Gittins
• George Henry Holroyd
• Alfred Tennyson Needham
• Sidney Francis Till
• Ralph Trotter
• Peter Grant Watt

Other Voyages

• 11 October 1915 from Adelaide
• 9 April 1916 from Sydney
• 2 October 1916 from Melbourne
• 21 November 1917 from Melbourne
• 28 February 1918 from Melbourne