HMAT A63 Karoola
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A63 Karoola |
| Owner | McIiwraith, McEacharn's Line Pty Ltd |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff., Belfast |
| Launched | 9 Mar 1909 |
| Completed | 8 Jul 1909 |
| Out of service | May 1936 |
| Fate | scrapped 1937 in Shanghai |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 7,391 tons |
| Length | 420.5 ft (128.17m) |
| Beam | 56.3 ft (17.15m) |
| Depth | 24.5 ft (7.47m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 kph) |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Nursing Staff
- 3 Soldiers carried
- 3.1 Brisbane to Egypt 12 June - ?? July 1915
- 3.2 Suez to Fremantle 20 January 1916 - ? February 1916
- 3.3 Fremantle to Suez 14 March - ?? Apr 1916
- 3.4 Alexandria to Fremantle 5 July - 2 August 1916
- 3.5 England to Fremantle 16 October - 2 December 1916
- 3.6 England to Melbourne 22 Feb 1917 - 10 Apr 1917
- 3.7 England to Fremantle 3 July - 18 August 1917
- 3.8 England to Fremantle 6 May - 15 June 1919
Remarks
Owned by the McIiwraith, McEacharn's Line Pty Ltd, Melbourne, to operate between Port Adelaide and fremantleand leased by the Commonwealth from May 1915 until Jun 1919. During her war service she was manned by Australian officers and crew.
During its Commonwealth service it was initially used twice to transport troops to Egypt, but in 1916 she continued on to England and was converted to a Hospital Ship for the England to Australia run and was used on four occasions for this purpose before the end of the war. During November 1915 she rescued survivors of the Highland Warrior aground on the Spanish coast near Cape ortegal
Returned to her owners on 27 Jun 1919
Nursing Staff
Sydney to Fremantle 16 - 25 June 1915
August 1915 until 21 September 1916
A member of the ships nursing staff
Soldiers carried
Brisbane to Egypt 12 June - ?? July 1915
Embarked in Fremantle on 25 June
Suez to Fremantle 20 January 1916 - ? February 1916
via Colombo on 3 February 1916
Fremantle to Suez 14 March - ?? Apr 1916
Alexandria to Fremantle 5 July - 2 August 1916
England to Fremantle 16 October - 2 December 1916
England to Melbourne 22 Feb 1917 - 10 Apr 1917
- Thomas Bird disembarked in Fremantle
- Ivor Trehane Birtwistle Post WW1 men