HMAT A17 Port Lincoln

HMAT A17 Port Lincoln

A17 SS Port Lincoln casting off from Port Melbourne dock on 20 October 1916 (AWM PB0868)
History
Name	HMAT A17 Port Lincoln
Builder	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn, Newcastle
Yard number	452
Launched	3 Apr 1912
Completed	June 1912
Reclassified	Single screw cargo steamship
Fate	Sunk by U Boat U522
General characteristics
Type	Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Tonnage	7,243 tons
Length	426 ft (129.85m)
Beam	54.1 ft (16.49m)
Depth	37.3 ft (11.37m)
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	13 knots (24.1 kph)
Capacity	600 migrants

Remarks

Owners were the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, London. From 1912 the owners negotiated a contract with the Victorian state government to carry emigrants. She could carry 600 steerage class passengers between decks in dormitories. The ship was leased in 1914 by the Commonwealth of Australia until 26 Sep 1917 (see below). She completed eight transport voyages from Australia.

After WW1 her name changed three times with ownership. SS Cambrian Princess in 1927, Clan Graham in 1930, and Maritima in 1938. She was torpedoed and sunk by submarine (U-522) 640 kilometers north east of St Johns Newfoundland on 2 Nov 1942 while carrying explosives and general cargo to Glasgow from New York. 32 members of her crew died.

Ownership

• 1912 W Milburn & Co, London
• 1914 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
• 1927 William Thomas Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed CAMBRIAN BARONESS
• 1929 CW Kellock & Co Ltd, London
• 1930 The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CLAN GRAHAM
• 1935 British & South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
• 1938 Neill & Pandelis Ltd, London; renamed MARITIMA

Soldiers carried

Melbourne to England 4 May 1916 - ??June 1916

• Albert Hughes Michel

Other Voyages

• 22 October 1914 from Adelaide
• 13 October 1915 from Sydney & 16 October 1915 from Melbourne
• 20 October 1916 from Melbourne
• 22 June 1917 from Melbourne & 30 June 1917 from Fremantle