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Revision as of 23:29, 6 July 2017

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History
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 13 March - 4 April 1918

England to Fremantle 16 June - 24 July 1919