HMAT A15 Port Sydney
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A15 Port Sydney |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Workman Clark, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 9,136 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd, London (Port Line) as the SS Star of England. Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914, and converted to a troopship at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 29 Aug 1914 and 12 Sep 1914 to carry 524 troops and 511 horses.
A part of the first convoy from Albany, she made eight voyages from Australia. Renamed Port Sydney in 1916. The last voyage left Sydney 17 Aug 1917.
Resumed private ownership in Nov 1917, until WW2 when she was under government control as a meat cargo ship operating between the River Plate in Argentina and the UK. Scrapped in 1948.
Soldiers carried
Star Of England - Melbourne to Alexandria 14 April - ? May 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 May - 20 June 1917
Frederick Charles Close
Leslie St Clair Ward