HMAT A64 Demosthenes
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A64 Demosthenes |
| Owner | George Thompson & Co |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 418 |
| Launched | 28 Feb 1911 |
| Completed | 5 Aug 1911 |
| In service | 31 Aug 1911 |
| Out of service | Oct 1931 |
| Fate | scrapped 18 Oct 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 11,223 tons |
| Length | 500.5 ft (152.6m) |
| Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0m) |
| Depth | 39.4 ft (12.0m) |
| Propulsion | Three screws |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 kph) |
| Capacity | 100 first class berths & 1,200 third class berths |
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Remarks
Built for the Aberdeen Line. In peacetime she was used by the Aberdeen Line on the UK to Australia route as the sister ship to the Themistocles. Leased by the Commonwealth and made five trips as a troop ship, the last one under the control of the Admiralty who took her over on 16 Mar 1917.
Demosthenes resumed her Australian service in 1920. in 1928 she and her sister ship were under the management of Oceanic, but still on the same route ,including Brisbane now. In 1923 its owners were G. Thompson & Co of London. In 1928 the ship was managed by the Oceanic Line and carried passengers between the UK and Brisbane. It was scrapped in 1931.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Egypt 16 Jul 1915 - ? August 1915
Embarked in Fremantle on 22 Jul 1915
England to Fremantle 27 July - 18 September 1917
England to Albany 16 January - 22 February 1919
- Charles Glyn Firns
- Edward Henry Hanrahan boarded at Port Suez on 28 Jan 1919
- Roderick McCaskill
- Wilfred (George) Nettleton
Other Voyages
18 May 1916 from Sydney, New South Wales 23 December 1916 from Sydney, New South Wales 29 December 1915 from Melbourne, Victoria