HMT Scotian
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 SS Statendam | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Scotain |
| Owner | Holland-America Line |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 320 |
| Launched | 7 May 1898 |
| Completed | 18 Aug 1898 |
| In service | 24 Aug 1898 |
| Out of service | 1927 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 10,319 tons |
| Length | 515.3 ft (157.05m) |
| Beam | 59.8 (18.19m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.8 kmh) |
| Capacity | 520 x 2nd; 1,150 x 3rd class passengers |
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Remarks
Originally named the Statendam for the Holland America Line, she was used for the Rotterdam - New York route. She was renamed Scotian when acquired by the Allen Line in 1911.
From 31 Oct 1914 - 23 Mar 1915 Scotian was an accommodation ship for German POWs at Ryde, Isle of Wright. In early 1915 she was used as a troop ship, including involvment in the Gallipoli campaign, including carying the 22nd Australian Infnatry Battalion from Alexandria to Lemnos. During 1916 she made several voyages transferring Australian troops from Alexandria in Egypt to Marseilles in France. In 1917 ownership was transferred to the Canadian Pacific Line. In October 1918 she was returning US Soldiers to home when influenza claimed the lives of some of them.
Returned to her owners after the war, in 1922 she was transferred to Canadian Pacific Line and renamed Marglen before being scrapped at Genoa in 1927.
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to Gallipoli 4 - 7 July 1915
Anzac Cove to Alexandria 16 - 19 August 1915
Anzac Cove to Alexandria 22 - 25 August 1915
- Austin Faulkner moved to the district post WW1