HMT Caledonia
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History | |
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Name | HMT Caledonia |
Builder/Built | 1904 D & W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow |
Type | Steamship |
Displacement | 9,223 tons |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 3 Gallipoli to Alexandria 7 - 10 August 1915
- 4 Mudros to England 24 -31 August 1915
- 5 Mudros to Gibraltar 7 - 12 October 1915
- 6 Mudros to Alexandria 24 - 27 December 1915
- 7 England to Alexandria 19 - 25 March 1916
- 8 Alexandria to Marseilles 2-9 June 1916
- 9 Alexandria to Marseilles 2 - 9 August 1916
Remarks
Owned by the Anchor Line, and requisitioned in August 1914 as a troop ship.
She was sunk 4 Dec 1916 by U-Boat U65 in the Mediterranean Sea, 125 miles east of Malta
Soldiers carried
Gallipoli to Alexandria 7 - 10 August 1915
Mudros to England 24 -31 August 1915
Mudros to Gibraltar 7 - 12 October 1915
Mudros to Alexandria 24 - 27 December 1915
England to Alexandria 19 - 25 March 1916
Alexandria to Marseilles 2-9 June 1916
- Herbert (Bert) Cumming
- Frederick Fancote
- Edward (Ned) Gray
- Frank Halliday
- Henry McCavana
- Albert Thomas Ticklie MM
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men