HMAT A50 Itonus

HMAT A50 Itonus
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History
Name	HMAT A50 Itonus
Owner	British India Steam Ship Co Ltd
Builder	Vickers & Maxim Ltd, Barrow
Completed	1898
In service	1898
Out of service	20 Dec 1916
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
Type	converted cable ship
Tonnage	6,538 tons
Length	449 ft (136.86m)
Beam	45.2 ft (13.78m)
Depth	24.7 ft (7.53m)
Speed	12 knots (22.2 kph)
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Remarks

Originally the SS Anglia built for Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co Ltd, London. Sold 1907 to Archibald Currie & Co (Currie Line, Melbourne) who converted her into a cargo ship. Name changed to Itonus before Currie was taken over by the British India Steam Ship Co Ltd in 1913.

Requisitioned by the Commonwealth Government. After her first journey to Egypt, she was retained there and used to transport New Zealand troops to Gallipoli landing these troops in the late afternoon of 25 Apr 1915. Used as a Hospital Ship during the duration of the Gallipoli campaign before returning to troop carrying in 1916 (total of three trips as a trooper).

Torpedoed and sunk near Malta in the Mediterranean by Austrian submarine U-38 on 20 Dec 1916 as she was making her way from Marseilles to Sydney with a load of tiles. Five engine room crew members perished, and the Captain was taken prisoner. All other crew escaped in lifeboats.

Soldiers carried

Adelaide to Port Suez 15 February - 24 March 1915

Embarked in Fremantle on 22 February

Other Journeys

30 December 1915 Brisbane to Egypt 8 August 1916 Brisbane to England

HMAT A50 Itonus

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Remarks

Soldiers carried

Adelaide to Port Suez 15 February - 24 March 1915

Alexandria to Mudross 15 - 18 Jul 1915

Port Suez to Fremantle 10 June 1916 - ?? July 1916

Brisbane to Fremantle 8 August - 23 August 1916

Other Journeys