Difference between revisions of "RMS Ormonde"
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== England to Fremantle 16 June - 24 July 1919== | == England to Fremantle 16 June - 24 July 1919== | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 1 May 2018
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| History | |
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| Name |
RMS Ormonde |
| Builder/Built | 1917 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 14,853 tons |
| Speed | 18 knots |
Remarks
Troopship that was Built for the Orient Line and was to serve the UK - Suez - Australia route between the wars.
She also served as a troopship during WW2. And after the war made 17 voyages with emigrants to Australia.
In Late 1952 she was retired and sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrap.
Soldiers carried
==Fremantle to Port Suez * Port Tewfik to Southampton13 March - 4 April 1918==15 May 1918
- Wilfred (George) Nettleton
- Douglas Gordon Scott MC Post WW1 men
- Samuel Arthur Vincent
- John George (Jack) Ray