HMHS Western Australia
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Western Australia |
| Builder | ST Triestino, San Marco |
| Launched | 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2.937 tons |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Boulogne to England 19 August 1916
- 2.2 Rouen to England 21 August 1916
- 2.3 France to England 24 September 1916
- 2.4 France to England 8 November 1916
- 2.5 Rouen to England 30 November 1916
- 2.6 Rouen to England 14 Dec 1916
- 2.7 Rouen to England 14 May 1917
- 2.8 France to England 2 June 1917
- 2.9 France to England 9 Oct 1917
- 2.10 France to England 29 January 1918
- 2.11 Rouen to England 17 June 1918
- 2.12 Rouen to England 1 Jul 1918
- 2.13 Rouen to England 5 September 1918
- 2.14 Rouen to England 21 September 1918
Remarks
Originally built for the Russian Government and called the 'Mongolia", the Western Australian Government bought the ship from its then Danish owners to work the North West of the state, Found to be unsuitable she was sent to the UK to be sold, but with the outbreak of war she was taken over by the Admiralty and converted into a fast Hospital Ship. Worked the Southampton to Le Havre route and up river to Rouen. On 20 Mar 1918 (when, like the Warilda, serving as an ambulance-transport ) she was attacked by a submarine. Fortunately the torpedo missed her. At the conclusion of the war she was sold to foreign owners.