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− | Built for the Prince Line and operated by them until sold to the Ministry for Transport in 1947 for use as a troopship, and renamed ''Empire Medway''. In 1952 she was withdrawn from serice and sent to the wreckers. | + | Built for the Prince Line and operated by them until sold to the Ministry for Transport in 1947 for use as a troopship, and renamed ''Empire Medway''. The ''Eastern Prince'' made one journey from Colombo to Adelaide and return during 1942, and one from Singapore to Sydney via Labuan in 1946. |
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+ | In 1952 she was withdrawn from serice and sent to the wreckers. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | ===Labuan, Borneo to Sydney via Brisbane | + | ===Labuan, Borneo to Sydney via Brisbane 14 - 27 January 1946=== |
* [[Arthur Gordon Fielder]] | * [[Arthur Gordon Fielder]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:08, 6 October 2023
Remarks
Built for the Prince Line and operated by them until sold to the Ministry for Transport in 1947 for use as a troopship, and renamed Empire Medway. The Eastern Prince made one journey from Colombo to Adelaide and return during 1942, and one from Singapore to Sydney via Labuan in 1946.
In 1952 she was withdrawn from serice and sent to the wreckers.