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| caption2      = seen when named ''SS Columbia'' in 1952
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| shipname = HMT Katoomba
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| shipowner = McIllwraith, McEacharn Ltd
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| shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Belfast
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| shiplaunched = 10 Apr 1913
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| shipcompleted = 10 Jul 1913
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| shipinservice = 1913
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| shipoutofservice = 1958
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| shipfate = sold for scrap
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| shiptype = Passenger / steamship
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| shiptonnage = 9,424 tons
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| shiplength = 466 feet (142m)
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| shipbeam = 60 feet (18.29m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 15 knots
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| shipcapacity = 55 passengers and crew of 170.
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==Remarks==
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Built for McIllwraith, McEacharn Ltd of Melbourne for the Sydney to Western Australia passenger run carrying passengers, as well as general and refrigerated cargo. In June 1918 she was requisitioned as a troopship and was sent to New York via the Panama Canal with American troops. Refitted at Sydney for her owners in 1919-1920 she was then used on the Australian coastal service from March 1920. In the 1930's she ran Pacific cruises that were very successful.
  
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In February 1942 she was again requisitioned and converted to a troopship. Returned to her owners in 1946, she was sold to Cia Maritima del Este (Greek Line) in July 1946. Between 1947-1949 she was under charter to Cie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) and sailed between France and the West Indies. During a 1949 refit she was converted to oil burning boilers, given extra lifeboats, and painted white. She was renamed ''SS Columbia'' at the time of being sold, with accommodation for 52 x 1st class and 75 tourist class passengers.  
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Operated by them, in 1949 she was renamed ''SS Columbia'' and operated on the Bremen - Montreal service. in 1957 she made several voyages from Liverpool to Belfast and Quebec. She was damaged in a collision with the Home Line's ''SS Homeric'' at Quebec on 18 Aug 1957 in fog, and on 2 Oct 1957 started her last crossing before being retired from service in June 1950. She was laid up at Piraeus, Greece in March 1958 and scrapped at Nagasaki in 1959.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Fremantle to Port Adelaide 12 - 17 July 1941===
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* [[David Stevenson]]
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===Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 24 Nov 1941===
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* [[Roy Cincinatus Anderson]]
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===Milne Bay to Sydney 6 - 14 December 1942===
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* [[Jack Bell]]
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===Sydney to Townsville 12 - 15 May 1943===
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* [[Harold Stanley Jenkins]]
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===Townsville to Port Moresby 3 - 6 September 1943===
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* [[Hubert Laurence Batt]]
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===Townsville to Port Moresby 31 Oct - 4 Nov 1943===
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* [[Edwin Reed Marshall]]
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===Buna, Papua New Guinea to Bowen, Queensland 20 - 27 February 1944===
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* [[Thomas Geoffrey Eliot]]
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* [[Eric William Taylor]]
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* [[George Charles Owens]] embarked in Milne Bay 23 February 1944
  
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===Buna, Papua New Guinea to Townsville 12 - 18 March 1944===
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* [[Lawrence Gerald McDonough]]
  
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===Lae, PNG to Sydney 26 April 12 - May 1944===
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* [[Edward Maurice Trew]]
  
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===Fremantle to Sydney 16 - 26 June 1944===
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* [[Joseph George Nicholls]]
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* [[Arthur George Shepherd]]
  
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===Darwin to Lae, new Guinea 15 - 29 September 1944===
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* [[Barry Martin Keeley]]
  
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===Townsville to Aitape, New Guinea 5 - 13 November 1944===
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'''2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion'''
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* [[William George Davis]]
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* [[Leo Gibbs]]
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* [[Francis (George) Hicks MM]]
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* [[Arthur Gordon Hubbard]]
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* [[Cornielius Harold (Con) Kerrison]]
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* [[Thomas Malarkey]]
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* [[Frederick Thomas Orton Miller]]
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* [[Thomas John Walsh]]
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* [[Walter Roland Williams]]
  
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===Brisbane to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 19 - 24 February 1945===
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* [[Marvin Redvers Cuthbert Barge]]
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* [[Winston Gordon Barge]]
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* [[James Henry Clarke]]
  
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===Townsville to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 10 - 17 March 1945===
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Boarded on 10th, sailed on the 11th.
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* [[Leon Ernest Aubrey]]
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* [[Sidney John Thomas Buggins]]
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* [[Charles Armstrong Hanbury]]
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* [[Keith Raymond Mills]]
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* [[Arthur George Shepherd]]
  
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===Lae, New Guinea to Townsville via Jacquinot Bay 29 April - 3 May 1945===
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* [[John William Alexander]]
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* [[James Wilkinson]] boarded 26 Apr 1945 at Jacquinot Bay
  
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===Lae, New Guinea to Sydney 24 May 1945 - 2 June 1945===
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* [[Andrew Wilkinson]]
  
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==Remarks==
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===Sydney - Lae, New Guinea 25 July - 3 August 1945===
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Built for McIllwraith, McEacharn Ltd of Melbourne for the Sydney to Western Australia passenger run. Requisitioned as a troopship in the later stage of World War 1, she was returned to her owners in 1920. In February 1942 she was again requisitioned as a troopship and was returned to her owners in 1946. Sold to a Greek shipping company, in 1949 she was renamed Columbia before being retired from service in June 1950. laid up at Piraeus in March 1958 and scrapped at Nagasaki in 1959.
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* [[James David Watts]]
  
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Wewak, New Guinea to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 1 - 7 September 1945===
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* [[Alan Gordon Buckingham]]
  
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===Sydney to Townsville 12 - 15 May 1943===
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===Wewak, PNG to Brisbane 13 - 26 October 1945===
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*[[Harold Stanley Jenkins]]
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* [[Leo Gibbs]]
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* [[John Stephen Serventy]]
  
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===Sydney to Aitape, new Guinea 5 - 13 November 1944===
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===Torokina, Bougainville to Townsville 11 - 16 December 1945===
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*[[Cornielius Harold (Con) Kerrison]]
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* [[Frank Lindsay Cornish]]
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*[[Thomas Malarkey]]
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*[[Edward Charles Vickers]]
  
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===Townsville to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 11 - 20 March 1945===
 
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 14 March 2023

HMT Katoomba
SS Katoomba.jpg
SS Katoomba 1.jpg
seen when named SS Columbia in 1952
History
Name HMT Katoomba
Owner McIllwraith, McEacharn Ltd
Builder Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched 10 Apr 1913
Completed 10 Jul 1913
In service 1913
Out of service 1958
Fate sold for scrap
General characteristics
Type Passenger / steamship
Tonnage 9,424 tons
Length 466 feet (142m)
Beam 60 feet (18.29m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15 knots
Capacity 55 passengers and crew of 170.


Remarks

Built for McIllwraith, McEacharn Ltd of Melbourne for the Sydney to Western Australia passenger run carrying passengers, as well as general and refrigerated cargo. In June 1918 she was requisitioned as a troopship and was sent to New York via the Panama Canal with American troops. Refitted at Sydney for her owners in 1919-1920 she was then used on the Australian coastal service from March 1920. In the 1930's she ran Pacific cruises that were very successful.


In February 1942 she was again requisitioned and converted to a troopship. Returned to her owners in 1946, she was sold to Cia Maritima del Este (Greek Line) in July 1946. Between 1947-1949 she was under charter to Cie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) and sailed between France and the West Indies. During a 1949 refit she was converted to oil burning boilers, given extra lifeboats, and painted white. She was renamed SS Columbia at the time of being sold, with accommodation for 52 x 1st class and 75 tourist class passengers.


Operated by them, in 1949 she was renamed SS Columbia and operated on the Bremen - Montreal service. in 1957 she made several voyages from Liverpool to Belfast and Quebec. She was damaged in a collision with the Home Line's SS Homeric at Quebec on 18 Aug 1957 in fog, and on 2 Oct 1957 started her last crossing before being retired from service in June 1950. She was laid up at Piraeus, Greece in March 1958 and scrapped at Nagasaki in 1959.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Port Adelaide 12 - 17 July 1941

Fremantle to Sydney 15 - 24 Nov 1941

Milne Bay to Sydney 6 - 14 December 1942

Sydney to Townsville 12 - 15 May 1943

Townsville to Port Moresby 3 - 6 September 1943

Townsville to Port Moresby 31 Oct - 4 Nov 1943

Buna, Papua New Guinea to Bowen, Queensland 20 - 27 February 1944

Buna, Papua New Guinea to Townsville 12 - 18 March 1944

Lae, PNG to Sydney 26 April 12 - May 1944

Fremantle to Sydney 16 - 26 June 1944

Darwin to Lae, new Guinea 15 - 29 September 1944

Townsville to Aitape, New Guinea 5 - 13 November 1944

2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion

Brisbane to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 19 - 24 February 1945

Townsville to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 10 - 17 March 1945

Boarded on 10th, sailed on the 11th.

Lae, New Guinea to Townsville via Jacquinot Bay 29 April - 3 May 1945

Lae, New Guinea to Sydney 24 May 1945 - 2 June 1945

Sydney - Lae, New Guinea 25 July - 3 August 1945

Wewak, New Guinea to Jacquinot Bay, New Britain 1 - 7 September 1945

Wewak, PNG to Brisbane 13 - 26 October 1945

Torokina, Bougainville to Townsville 11 - 16 December 1945

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