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| − | Built for British India Steam Navigation Co, for 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. | + | 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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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. | 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. | ||
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===Fremantle to Kantara, Egypt 20 Apr - 17 May 1940=== | ===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 3 May 1940. While she arrived in Kantarra on 17 May, she did not disembark troops until the | + | 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]] | ||
| + | * [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 2/3rd Field Company | ||
* [[Oliver Donald George Bruce]] | * [[Oliver Donald George Bruce]] | ||
* [[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]] | * [[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]] | ||
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* [[James Percy Ray]] | * [[James Percy Ray]] | ||
* † [[Robert Summerfield]] | * † [[Robert Summerfield]] | ||
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===Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941=== | ===Colombo to Port Tewfik, Egypt 16 January - 2 February 1941=== | ||
* [[2/4th Australian General Hospital]] | * [[2/4th Australian General Hospital]] | ||
* [[Andrew Walker Cunningham]] | * [[Andrew Walker Cunningham]] | ||
| + | * [[Richard Barrett]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:44, 5 April 2023
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| History | |
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| 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.
- Walter Leonard Axford
- Geoffrey Gordon Benson
- Harry Wallace Benson
- Edmond Hepple Brown MID 2/3rd Field Company
- Oliver Donald George Bruce
- Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote
- William Randall Foggon
- George Garratt
- Stanley Hubert Hancock
- Donald Campell William Henderson
- Andrew David Johnson
- William James Johnson
- Cornielius Harold (Con) Kerrison
- Kenneth Myers Kroenert
- Arthur Mitchell
- Maurice Gerard O'Brien
- † Douglas Windsor Parkin
- † Mervyn Roy Parkin
- Charles Amos George Victor Petersen POW Crete
- Alfred George Playle
- James Percy Ray
- † Robert Summerfield
- William George Ward