Difference between revisions of "HMAT A14 Euripides"
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==Sydney to Alexandra 20 October - 3 December 1914== | ==Sydney to Alexandra 20 October - 3 December 1914== | ||
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==Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917== | ==Port Suez to Melbourne 22 January - 21 February 1917== | ||
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==Sydney to New York 1 May - 14 June 1918== | ==Sydney to New York 1 May - 14 June 1918== | ||
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==Return to Fremantle 3 March - 10 April 1919== | ==Return to Fremantle 3 March - 10 April 1919== | ||
| − | [[Victor Leo Gordon Boyle]] | + | *[[Victor Leo Gordon Boyle]] |
| + | *[[Albert George Bullock]] | ||
| + | *[[Arthur Charles Cam]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:11, 27 April 2017
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A14 Euripides |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamship (triple screw) |
| Displacement | 14,947 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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Built for G Thompson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, she was on her maiden voyage to Brisbane when war broke out. Requisitioned two days after her arrival by the Commonwealth, whose control ended 2 Jun 1917.
A member of the first convoy from Albany, she completed seven voyages from Australia with troops. In 1919 she was used to repatriate Australian troops and during the period 1914 - 1919 she carried 38,439 troops to or from the war.
Post war she was overhauled and resumed the Aberdeen Line's London - Australia route, before changing hands several times between wars.
During WW2 she was again used as a troopship before another transformation in 1945 back to civilian use before being sent to shipbreakers in Antwerp in May 1954.