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HMAT A43 Barunga

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HMAT A43 Barunga
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History
Name HMAT A43 Barunga
Owner Deutsche-Australische Linie, Hamburg
Builder Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges., Flensburg
Yard number 332
Completed 1913
In service 1913
Out of service 15 Jul 1918
Fate sunk by U boat U-108
General characteristics
Type armed merchant ship
Tonnage 7,484 tons
Length 146.9m
Beam 19.1m
Propulsion single screw
Speed 11 knots (20.37 kph)



Remarks

In 1914 the SS Sumatra was seized in Sydney from its German owners (the Deutsche-Australische Line), and manned by Australian Officers and crew. She completed three trips carrying troops from Australia, and one in October 1917 carrying cargo only.


Torpedoed and sunk off Bishop Rock in the North Atlantic on 15 Jul 1918 with 7289 Pte Thomas Alfred Osborne aboard. He survived to continue home on the SS Carpentaria. Barunga was on its way to Australia with 800 sick and wounded on board and was torpedoed at 4.30 pm on 15 July 1918. Destroyers which had been some miles away were quickly on the scene to pick up survivors and returned them to Plymouth. All hands were saved before Barunga subsequently sank

Soldier carried

10 - 15 Jul 1918 England until sunk by U-Boat