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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
 
Built for Ocean Steam Ship Co (Blue Funnel Line) for the South Africa - Australia service. Trip took 39 days and operated every six weeks.
 
Built for Ocean Steam Ship Co (Blue Funnel Line) for the South Africa - Australia service. Trip took 39 days and operated every six weeks.
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Requisitioned by the Commonwealth for use as a troopship for four voyages from Australia and one as a cargo ship in 1917. Fitted out at Cockatoo Island in Sydney to carry 1,820 troops.  She made several trips to England carrying reinforcements. Management was transferred to the British Admiralty on 22 Jun 1917.
 
Requisitioned by the Commonwealth for use as a troopship for four voyages from Australia and one as a cargo ship in 1917. Fitted out at Cockatoo Island in Sydney to carry 1,820 troops.  She made several trips to England carrying reinforcements. Management was transferred to the British Admiralty on 22 Jun 1917.
  
In May 1918 after she left Commonwealth control, she ran aground, but was refloated, and in 1920 resumed her peacetime Australian service with capacity for 180 first class passengers.
 
  
During WW2, she was bombed and sank on 2 Jul 1940 off Start Point Devon.
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In May 1918 after she left Commonwealth control, she ran aground, but was refloated, and in 1920 resumed her peacetime Australian service with capacity for 180 first class passengers. During WW2, she was bombed and sank on 2 Jul 1940 off Start Point, Devon.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Port Suez to Melbourne 31 October 1915 - 26 November 1915==
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===Port Suez to Melbourne 31 October 1915 - 26 November 1915===
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 
*[[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
 
*[[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
 
*[[John Charles Hutchinson]]
 
*[[John Charles Hutchinson]]
  
==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916===
 
*[[Edward Armstrong]]
 
*[[Edward Armstrong]]
 
*[[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]]
 
*[[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]]
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*[[John Francis Ullyott]]
 
*[[John Francis Ullyott]]
  
==Fremantle to Plymouth 15 July - 1 September 1916==
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===Fremantle to Plymouth 15 July - 1 September 1916===
 
*[[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]]
 
*[[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]]
  
==Melbourne to England 3 October - 19 November 1916==
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===Melbourne to England 3 October - 19 November 1916===
 
*[[Norman Alfred Constantine]]
 
*[[Norman Alfred Constantine]]
  
==Melbourne to Devonport 30 October - 27 December 1917==
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===Melbourne to Devonport 30 October - 27 December 1917===
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Jnr]]
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Jnr]]
 
*[[Ernest Camp]]
 
*[[Ernest Camp]]
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*[[Archibald Watson]]
 
*[[Archibald Watson]]
  
==England to Fremantle via Suez 19 December 1918 - 27 January 1919==
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===England to Fremantle via Suez 19 December 1918 - 27 January 1919===
 
*[[Denzel Roy (Roy) Fletcher]]  Post WW1 - boarded in Suez on 1 Jan 1919
 
*[[Denzel Roy (Roy) Fletcher]]  Post WW1 - boarded in Suez on 1 Jan 1919
 
*[[John Laidlaw Paterson]]
 
*[[John Laidlaw Paterson]]
 
*[[Alfred Haddy Pearse]]
 
*[[Alfred Haddy Pearse]]
  
==England to Fremantle 31 May - 12 July 1919==
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===England to Fremantle 31 May - 12 July 1919===
 
*[[Thomas Ramsell]]
 
*[[Thomas Ramsell]]
  
==England to Melbourne 22 November 1919 - 9 January 1920==
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===England to Melbourne 22 November 1919 - 9 January 1920===
 
*[[Allan Bernard Cann]] Post WW1 men
 
*[[Allan Bernard Cann]] Post WW1 men
 
*[[Frederick Arthur Lister Maw]]
 
*[[Frederick Arthur Lister Maw]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Revision as of 00:47, 1 July 2019

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History
Name

HMAT A60 Aeneas

Builder/Built 1910 Workman Clarke at Belfast
Type Troopship
Displacement 10,049 tons
Speed 14 knots


Remarks

Built for Ocean Steam Ship Co (Blue Funnel Line) for the South Africa - Australia service. Trip took 39 days and operated every six weeks.


Requisitioned by the Commonwealth for use as a troopship for four voyages from Australia and one as a cargo ship in 1917. Fitted out at Cockatoo Island in Sydney to carry 1,820 troops. She made several trips to England carrying reinforcements. Management was transferred to the British Admiralty on 22 Jun 1917.


In May 1918 after she left Commonwealth control, she ran aground, but was refloated, and in 1920 resumed her peacetime Australian service with capacity for 180 first class passengers. During WW2, she was bombed and sank on 2 Jul 1940 off Start Point, Devon.

Soldiers carried

Port Suez to Melbourne 31 October 1915 - 26 November 1915

Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916

Fremantle to Plymouth 15 July - 1 September 1916

Melbourne to England 3 October - 19 November 1916

Melbourne to Devonport 30 October - 27 December 1917

England to Fremantle via Suez 19 December 1918 - 27 January 1919

England to Fremantle 31 May - 12 July 1919

England to Melbourne 22 November 1919 - 9 January 1920