HMAT A69 Warilda
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A69 Warilda |
| Builder/Built | 1912 W Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir |
| Type | Passenger / cargo ship |
| Displacement | 7,713 tons |
| Speed | 14.5 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Adelaide Steamship Company. Could carry almost 400 passengers in three classes, she was converted into a troopship in August 1914.
Converted again in 1916, this time to be a Hospital Ship and she served as such from 25 Jul 1916 till 3 Aug 1918.
In 1918 sailing between Southampton and Le Havre she was struck by a torpedo that did not explode. Later she was involved in a collision at sea that caused very =significant damage, and then on 3 Aug 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by a U-Boat in the English Channel with a loss of 130 lives.