HMAT A70 Ballarat
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A70 Ballarat |
| Builder/Built | 1911 Caird & Company, Scotland |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Displacement | 11,120 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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Owned by Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and used to transport emigrant to Australia from the UK. Made at least four voyages from Australia before at 2:00pm on 25 Apr 1917 in the English Channel as an Anzac Day service was being held, when she was torpedoed by U-boat UB-32 sinking the next day.
Aboard were 1752 men, mostly (1,602) new reinforcements arriving from Australia. None were lost, but the ship was, as efforts were being made to tow her into shallow water. She was also carrying copper and bullion.