HMT Tunisian
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Tunisian |
| Owner | Allan Line S.S. Co. Ltd. - J. & A. Allan, Glasgow |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
| Yard number | 384 |
| Launched | 16 Jan 1900 |
| Completed | 1900 |
| In service | 5 Apr 1900 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Fate | broken up 14 Sep 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Immigrant Ship |
| Tonnage | 10,576 tons |
| Length | 500.6 ft (152.55m) |
| Beam | 59.2 ft )18.04m) |
| Depth | 39.8 ft (12.09m) draft: 24.4 ft (7.42m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (25.93 km/h) |
Contents
Remarks
Built for the Allan Line. For a period she carried large numbers of children to institutional homes in Canada.
Her war service began with the transport of members of the Canadain Expeditionary Force and included a period in 1915 when she was a Prisoner of War accommodation vessel moored at Ryde, Isle of Wright. In 1915 she also made troop carrying voyages to Bombay and Gallipoli, and in 1916 assisted with the relocation of the Australian Imperial Force from Alexandria to Marseilles.
In 1917 the Allan Line was sold to Canadian Pacific, and Tunisian returned to commercial service on the Canadian route. In 1920 she was converted to a cabin/third class configuration, and in 1922 was renamed Marburn. She remained in service until April 1928, and in late 1928 was laid up at Southampton before beeing sent to the breakers.
Soldiers carried
Anzac Cove to Mudross May - June 1915 ??
Imbros to Alexandria 1 - 3 Jan 1916
Alexandria to Marseilles 29 May - 3 June 1916
- † Gilbert Henry Balinswella
- † William Moore Crellin
- Robert Sang Herd
- † Frederick William Vernon King
- William Isaac Little
- † George Badham Milton
Alexandria to Marseilles 18 - 23 June 1916
- Allan Bernard Cann post WW1 men