SS City of Hankow
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| History | |
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| Name | SS City of Hankow |
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd. (Hall Line), Liverpool |
| Builder | William Gray & Co. Ltd, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 857 |
| Launched | 4 Mar 1915 |
| Completed | June 1915 |
| In service | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1942 |
| Fate | ran aground (wrecked) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 7,369 tons |
| Length | 465.4 ft (141.8m) |
| Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7m) |
| Depth | 31.8 ft (9.7m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 12 knots (22.22 km/h) |
Remarks
Built for the Ellerman City Line Ltd of Glasgow. She was sold in 1923 to Montgomery W & Co of London before being bought back by Ellerman Lines in 1937. On 24 Mar 1942 SS City of Hankow arrived in Fremantle from Cochin in Burma, indicating that the entry below involved stops at Cochin and Fremantle ex Middle East. Aboard was a sub unit of the 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
On 18 Dec 1942, on a voyage from Liverpool to Beira with a cargo of military equipment, general cargo and 2.5 million pounds sterling, she was wrecked north of Saldanha Bay north of Cape Town, South Africa without casalties.
Soldiers carried
Middle East to Adelaide 13 February - 5 April 1942
- Walter Leonard Axford
- Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett disembarked 28 Mar 1942 at Fremantle
- Arthur Mitchell