HMAT A29 Suevic
From Our Contribution
 Courtesy AWM PO4754.001 | |
 Suevic's stern after arrival at Southampton | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A29 Suevic |
| Owner | Oceanic SN Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line) |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 8 Dec 1900 |
| Completed | 1901 |
| In service | 23 Mar 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo (refrigerated) steamship |
| Tonnage | 12,531 tons |
| Length | 565 ft (172.21) |
| Beam | 63.3 ft (19.3m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25 kph) |
| Capacity | 400 cabin class |
Contents
Remarks
Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line). Her maiden voyage was from Liverpool to Cape Town, Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. On 17 Mar 1907 she was stranded on the Stag Rock near Lizard Point, Cornwall and broke in two . The after section was salvaged and a new bow section built, and they were joined at Southampton. She re-entered service in January 1908 and in 1914 became a troop transport.
She was leased by the Commonwealth from late 1914 until 9 Sep 1917 when management was transferred to the British Admiralty. Suevic completed six journeys from Australia with troops, including on 6th June 1916 when it embarked the 44th Battalion from Fremantle for England. In 1918 Suevic brought home a load of sick and wounded men, arriving in Sydney on 13 May.
On 7 Feb 1920 she resumed the London - Sydney - Melbourne service, and was refitted in 1921 to carry 226 x 2nd class passengers. her final voyage was in April 1928 and in October she was sold to Y.Hvistendahl and converted into a whale factory ship at Kiel and renamed Skytteren. In 1940 she was interned at Gothenburg, and when she, along with nine other ships, attempted to break out for England on 1 Apr 1942, she was surprised by the German Navy. The crew then scuttled her off Maseskjaer, Sweden to avoid capture.
Soldiers carried
Portland to Fremantle 11 March - 22 April 1916
- Austin Faulkner moved to the district post WW 1
- Allan Leslie Thomas
Adelaide to Plymouth 31 May - 21 July 1916
44th Battalion Embarked in Fremnalte on 6 June
- † Martin Abolin
- Edgar Copley Adams MID Post WW1 men
- † James Arnold
- † John Buckland
- John Thomas Buckland
- Samuel Buckland
- Leonard Frederick Bysh
- Patrick (John) Curo
- Thomas Henry William Denny
- † Francis Dyson
- Percy Fleming
- † Rupert Gregg
- † Arthur William Griffin
- † Raymond Harold Hanretty
- † Charles Stephen Haughey
- Roby Helliwell
- Henry Ernest Howard
- Jason Howard
- Arthur Patrick Joyce
- Thomas Frederick McDonough
- Thomas McGow
- William Moffat McLachlan MM
- Patrick Michael
- Gustaf Adolf Olson
- † John Terrence O'Neil
- † Frederick Oliver Pierce
- George Henry Norman Pringle
- † Thomas Alfred Reed
- † Herbert Clarence (Bert) Ronan
- † Maurice James Ronan
- William George Russell
- † Lionel Newton Savage
- Alfred Slee
- Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor
- Alfred Martin Tilly
- Norman Sedrick Tonkin
- Ralph Trotter
- † Ronald Daniel Wallace
- Clarence Victor Watson
- John Henry Wilkinson
England to Fremantle 27 September - 12 November 1917
- John Flynn
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men
England to Melbourne 29 November 1918 - 5 January 1919
England to Fremantle 23 Jul - 2 Sep 1919
Other Voyages
- 21 December 1914 from Sydney
- 13 June 1915 from Sydney
- 20 December 1915 from Sydney
- 11 November 1916 from Sydney
- 21 June 1917 from Melbourne