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| shipbuilder = Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
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| shiplaunched = 26 Dec 1912
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| shipinservice = Maiden voyage London/Calcutta March 1913.
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| shipoutofservice = 1948
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| shipfate = Broken Up 25 Mar 1948
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| shiptonnage = 9,071 tons
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
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Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for the UK - India route via Cape Town.  
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Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for use on the UK - India route via Cape Town. She was taken over in Aug 1914 and used as a troopship until January 1915 when she was fitted out as a 660 bed Hospital Ship. In 1918 her role changed to be a troopship again for US troops moving to Europe, and then repatriating troops to their home countries.
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Taken over in Aug 1914 and used as a troopship until Jan 1915 when she was fitted out as a 660 bed Hospital Ship.
 
  
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In 1918 role changed to be troopship again for US troops moving to Europe, and then repatriating troops to their home countries.
 
  
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Used by the British between the wars as a troopship, and continued right through WW2 until 1948 when she was scrapped.
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She was used by the British between the wars as a troopship, and continued in that role from 1925 right through WW2 until 1948 when she was scrapped.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
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===Anzac Cove 15 July 1915===
 
===Anzac Cove 15 July 1915===
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* [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
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* † [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
  
 
===Gallipoli to Alexandria 7 - 10 November 1915===
 
===Gallipoli to Alexandria 7 - 10 November 1915===
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===Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940===
 
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Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded 20 Apr 1940, left wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads. Sailed 3:00pm 22 Apr 1940. Arrived in Colombo 3 May 1940. While it arrived in Kantarra on the 17th it did not disembark its troops until the 19th.<br>
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Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded her on 20 Apr 1940. ''Nevasa'' left the wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads, before sailing at 3:00pm on 22 Apr 1940. She arrived in Colombo on 3 May 1940. While she subsequently arrived in Kantarra on 17 May, she did not disembark troops until the 19 May 1940.<br>
 
* [[Walter Leonard Axford]]
 
* [[Walter Leonard Axford]]
 
* [[Geoffrey Gordon Benson]]
 
* [[Geoffrey Gordon Benson]]
 
* [[Harry Wallace Benson]]
 
* [[Harry Wallace Benson]]
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* [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 2/3rd Field Company
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* [[Oliver Donald George Bruce]]
 
* [[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]]  
 
* [[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]]  
 
* [[William Randall Foggon]]
 
* [[William Randall Foggon]]
 
* [[George Garratt]]
 
* [[George Garratt]]
 
* [[Stanley Hubert Hancock]]
 
* [[Stanley Hubert Hancock]]
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* [[Donald Campell William Henderson]]
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* [[Andrew David Johnson]]
 
* [[William James Johnson]]
 
* [[William James Johnson]]
 
* [[Cornielius Harold (Con) Kerrison]]
 
* [[Cornielius Harold (Con) Kerrison]]
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* [[Arthur Mitchell]]
 
* [[Arthur Mitchell]]
 
* [[Maurice Gerard O'Brien]]
 
* [[Maurice Gerard O'Brien]]
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* † [[Douglas Windsor Parkin]]
 
* † [[Mervyn Roy Parkin]]
 
* † [[Mervyn Roy Parkin]]
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* [[Charles Amos George Victor Petersen]] POW Crete
 
* [[Alfred George Playle]]
 
* [[Alfred George Playle]]
 
* [[James Percy Ray]]
 
* [[James Percy Ray]]
 
* † [[Robert Summerfield]]
 
* † [[Robert Summerfield]]
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* [[William George Ward]]
  
 
===Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941===
 
===Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941===
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*[[2/4th Australian General Hospital]]
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* [[2/4th Australian General Hospital]]
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*[[Andrew Walker Cunningham]]
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* [[Andrew Walker Cunningham]]
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* [[Richard Barrett]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 16:44, 5 April 2023

HMHS Nevasa
HMHS Nevasa.jpg
HMHS Nevasa 1.jpg
History
Name HMHS Nevasa
Builder Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Yard number 498
Launched 26 Dec 1912
Completed Mar 1913
In service Maiden voyage London/Calcutta March 1913.
Out of service 1948
Fate Broken Up 25 Mar 1948
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargo
Tonnage 9,071 tons
Length 480.4 ft (146.43m)
Beam 58.1 ft (17.71m)
Depth 30.8 ft (9.39m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)



Remarks

Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for use on the UK - India route via Cape Town. She was taken over in Aug 1914 and used as a troopship until January 1915 when she was fitted out as a 660 bed Hospital Ship. In 1918 her role changed to be a troopship again for US troops moving to Europe, and then repatriating troops to their home countries.


She was used by the British between the wars as a troopship, and continued in that role from 1925 right through WW2 until 1948 when she was scrapped.

Soldiers carried

World War I

Anzac Cove 15 July 1915

Gallipoli to Alexandria 7 - 10 November 1915

England to Fremantle 4 - 21 January 1919

England to Fremantle 5 March - 13 April 1919

World War II

During WWII the SS Nevasa operated as a troopship.

Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940

Code Name Y3. The 2/11th Battalion boarded her on 20 Apr 1940. Nevasa left the wharf at 12:10pm and anchored in Gage Roads, before sailing at 3:00pm on 22 Apr 1940. She arrived in Colombo on 3 May 1940. While she subsequently arrived in Kantarra on 17 May, she did not disembark troops until the 19 May 1940.

Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941

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