Difference between revisions of "HMT Corsican"
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==Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916== | ==Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916== | ||
Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916. | Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916. | ||
| − | *[[James Barber]] | + | * [[James Barber]] |
| − | *[[Herbert Lewis Battams]] | + | * [[Herbert Lewis Battams]] |
| − | *[[Arthur Charles Cam]] | + | * [[Arthur Charles Cam]] |
| − | *[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]] | + | * [[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]] |
| − | *[[Donald Victor Chisholm]] | + | * [[Donald Victor Chisholm]] |
| − | *[[Sydney Charles Clarke]] | + | * † [[Sydney Charles Clarke]] |
| − | *[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] | + | * [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] |
| − | *[[Frank William Dowell]] | + | * [[Frank William Dowell]] |
| − | *[[Rudolf Eberhardt]] | + | * [[Rudolf Eberhardt]] |
| − | *[[Frederick Fancote]] | + | * [[Frederick Fancote]] |
| − | *[[William Joseph Hayden]] | + | * [[William Joseph Hayden]] |
| − | *[[Thomas Hetherington]] | + | * [[Thomas Hetherington]] |
| − | *[[Frederick James Howard]] | + | * [[Frederick James Howard]] |
| − | *[[Arthur George Kettley]] | + | * [[Arthur George Kettley]] |
| − | *[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] | + | * [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] |
| − | *[[Frederick William Wallace Moore]] | + | * [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]] |
| − | *[[Herbert Frank O'Neill]] | + | * [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]] |
| − | *[[Hector Louis Polain]] | + | * [[Hector Louis Polain]] |
| − | *[[Stephen Henry Robson]] | + | * [[Stephen Henry Robson]] |
| − | *[[William Edgar Rowe]] | + | * [[William Edgar Rowe]] |
| − | *[[George Scrivener]] | + | * [[George Scrivener]] |
| − | *[[John Alexander Spilsbury]] | + | * [[John Alexander Spilsbury]] |
| − | *[[William Stephens]] | + | * [[William Stephens]] |
| − | *[[Arthur William Symonds]] | + | * [[Arthur William Symonds]] |
| − | *[[James Thomson MM]] | + | * [[James Thomson MM]] |
| − | *[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] | + | * [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] |
==Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916== | ==Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916== | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 26 February 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Corsican |
| Builder/Built | 1907 Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo |
Contents
Remarks
Built for the Allan Line, and used on the Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick route. On 12 Aug Corsican collided with an iceberg but suffered only monor damage. Taken over as a troops hip in August 1914, and used till 16 Jul 1917 when she was passed to the management of th Canadian Pacific Line. At the time she was wrecked (21 May 1923) on Cape Freels Rock, Newfoundland - no casualties, she had been renamed SS Margrave.
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916
Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916.
- James Barber
- Herbert Lewis Battams
- Arthur Charles Cam
- Stanley Joseph Callow Champion
- Donald Victor Chisholm
- † Sydney Charles Clarke
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson
- Frank William Dowell
- Rudolf Eberhardt
- Frederick Fancote
- William Joseph Hayden
- Thomas Hetherington
- Frederick James Howard
- Arthur George Kettley
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Frederick William Wallace Moore
- Herbert Frank O'Neill
- Hector Louis Polain
- Stephen Henry Robson
- William Edgar Rowe
- George Scrivener
- John Alexander Spilsbury
- William Stephens
- Arthur William Symonds
- James Thomson MM
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916
- Frederick Fancote
- William Francis Clements
- William Ellis
- Sydney Charles Welch to France only ?