HMAT A52 Surada
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A52 Surada |
| Builder | A & J Inglis Pointhouse, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 266 |
| Launched | 25 Jan 1902 |
| Completed | 1902 |
| In service | 3 Mar 1902 |
| Fate | torpedoed and sunk 2 Nov 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamship |
| Tonnage | 5,236 tons |
| Length | 410 ft (125m) |
| Beam | 50.7 ft (15.45m) |
| Depth | 28.8 ft (8.78)m |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.30 kph) |
| Capacity | 9 x 1st class; 16 x 2nd class; 1421 x steerage |
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Remarks
Built for the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London to cary 9 first class, 16 second class, amd 1421 passengers in steerage. Leased by the Commonwealth, she made four trips from Australia carrying troops, two in 1915, and two in 1916. Her management was then taken over by the British Admiralty on 4 Jan 1917.
On 2 Nov 1918 she was torpedoed by UC 74 in the swept channel off Port Said while on passage from Karachi to Marseille with rice. She was the last merchant ship lost during WW1.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Port Suez 6 February - 21 March 1915
"C" Squadron, 10th Light Horse Regiment embarked in Fremantle on 17 February, and disembarked on 22 Mar 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 16 May - 16 June 1916
Fremantle to Plymouth 22 September - 20 November 1916
Boarded 22 September and sailed 26 September 1916