HMAT A38 Ulysses
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A38 Ulysses |
| Builder/Built | 1913 Workman Clark, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger cargo ship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 14,449 tons |
| Speed | 13.5 knots |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Melbourne to Port Suez 8 May - ?? June 1915
- 2.2 Mudros to Alexandria 19 - 24 Aug 1915 (Hospital Ship)
- 2.3 Suez to Fremantle 24 September 1915 - ?? October 1915
- 2.4 Melbourne to Suez 27 Oct - 26 Nov 1915
- 2.5 Fremantle to Port Tewfik (Suez) 2 - 26 November 1915
- 2.6 Melbourne to Suez 27 Oct - ?? Nov 1915
- 2.7 Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915
- 2.8 Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916
- 2.9 Sydney to Alexandria 20 February - 25 April 1916
- 2.10 Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916
- 2.11 Return to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917
- 2.12 Return to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917
- 2.13 Return to Fremantle 15 February - 11 March 1918
- 2.14 Return to Fremantle 18 January 1919 - 24 February 1919
- 2.15 Return to Melbourne 22 July 1919 - 30 Aug 1919
Remarks
Owned by China Mutual SN Co, of London, leased by the Commonwealth until 15 Aug 1917. Made six trips from Australia. In addition to carrying troops, along with the other transports she carried general goods to the UK. On 15 Aug 1917 management was passed to the British Admiralty.
At 22.31 hours on 11 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Ulysses enroute from Sydney to Liverpool with cargo, was hit in the stern by one stern torpedo from U-160 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and in the engine room by a torpedo at 22.53 hours. While the crew abandoned ship, the U-boat moved to the side and at 23.27 hours fired another torpedo that hit amidships and caused the ship to sink in 30 minutes, but this was not observed by the Germans because a flying boat was now circling the area.
The master, 189 crew members, five gunners and 95 passengers were picked up by USS Manley and landed at Charleston, South Carolina.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Port Suez 8 May - ?? June 1915
Mudros to Alexandria 19 - 24 Aug 1915 (Hospital Ship)
Suez to Fremantle 24 September 1915 - ?? October 1915
Melbourne to Suez 27 Oct - 26 Nov 1915
- Edward Mordan Neale
- Henry Giles Schmidt from Fremantle 2 Nov
Fremantle to Port Tewfik (Suez) 2 - 26 November 1915
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID
- Victor Norman Chandler MM
- Francis Crowe
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson
- Gordon Devereux MM
- Victor Emanuel Durling
- Albert John Egan MID
- Richard Evans MM
- Walter David Francis Kerridge
- James Kershaw
- Alexander Russell Main
- Leonard Roy Matthews
- Keith George Harman Podger
- William Rawlinson
- Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor
- William Edgar Rowe
- Francis Henry Ryniker
- Ernest Selkirk MID
- Arthur William Symonds
Melbourne to Suez 27 Oct - ?? Nov 1915
Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915
Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916
Sydney to Alexandria 20 February - 25 April 1916
Fremantle passengers boarded 1 Apr 1915
- James Smith Dean
- Thomas William Dowell
- Herbert Fuhrmann
- John Wilfred Gargett
- William Harwood
- John Henry Holroyd
- James Lawrence McKenna
- Henry Joseph Milne
- William George Munday boarded in Sydney
- Edward Price
- Robert Landen Rayner
- Cyril Augustest Tonkin
- William Harrington Edward Watson boarded in Melbourne on 20 Feb 1916
Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916
Return to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917
Return to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917
Return to Fremantle 15 February - 11 March 1918
Return to Fremantle 18 January 1919 - 24 February 1919
- Eugene Anthony Gillespie Sick to Gibraltar Hospital 23 Jan 1918
- Frederick George Golding
- Samuel Arthur Vincent
- Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM