Difference between revisions of "HMAT A19 Afric"
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− | ==Melbourne to Port Suez 31 December 1915 - 9 February | + | ==Melbourne to Port Suez 31 December 1915 - 9 February 1915== |
*[[Percival Charles Witney]] | *[[Percival Charles Witney]] | ||
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+ | == to Fremantle 5 Jan 1916 - ??== | ||
+ | *[[Albert Edward Victor Byfield]] |
Revision as of 00:27, 5 June 2018
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Name | HMAT A19 Afric |
Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Type | passenger / cargo ship (twin screw) |
Displacement | 11,948 tons |
Speed | 13 knots |
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Built for Ismay Imrie & Co (White Star Line) for the UK to Australia service. Part of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria. During April 1915 she was converted to carry 549 troops and 500 horses. made six complete voyages from Australia. Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 12 Feb 1917. Twenty two lives lost.