Difference between revisions of "HMT Arcadian"
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
Built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, in 1906 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co of London. | Built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, in 1906 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co of London. | ||
− | Torpedoed and sunk 15 Apr 1917 by U-Boat UC 74, in the Aegean Sea while transporting troops from Salonika to Alexandria in Egypt. | + | |
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+ | During the Gallipoli operation, the ship carried staff officers of British General Headquarters. During Gallipoli operations Torpedoed and sunk 15 Apr 1917 by U-Boat ''UC 74'', in the Aegean Sea while transporting troops from Salonika to Alexandria in Egypt. Thirty five crew members and 242 troops perished from the 1,335 on board at the time. The destroyer that came to her assistance was itself torpedoed, causing further casualties. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Revision as of 00:49, 24 October 2021
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Name | HMT Arcadian |
Builder | Vickers, Sons and Maxim Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness. |
Launched | 1899 |
General characteristics | |
Type | pssenger liner |
Tonnage | 8,939 tons |
Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
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Remarks
Built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, in 1906 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co of London.
During the Gallipoli operation, the ship carried staff officers of British General Headquarters. During Gallipoli operations Torpedoed and sunk 15 Apr 1917 by U-Boat UC 74, in the Aegean Sea while transporting troops from Salonika to Alexandria in Egypt. Thirty five crew members and 242 troops perished from the 1,335 on board at the time. The destroyer that came to her assistance was itself torpedoed, causing further casualties.