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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Built for the Federal Stream navigation Co, Ltd of London for the UK p Australia, New Zealand route.
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Built for the Federal Stream navigation Co, Ltd of London for the UK to Australia, New Zealand route.
  
  
Leased by the Commonwealth until 27 Dec 1917, when she was taken over by the British Admiralty. The ''Wiltshire'' completed nine voyages from Australia, including being a member of the first convoy from Albany.
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Leased by the Commonwealth until 27 Dec 1917, when she was taken over by the British Admiralty. The ''Wiltshire'' completed nine voyages from Australia, including being a member of the first convoy from Albany. ( in Oct, 1914, the Wiltshire was part of a convoy of 10 troop transports crossing the Tasman Sea escorted by the Japanese Cruiser HIJMS Ibuki and HMS Pyramus, to join the biggest convoy ever to leave Australia up until that time: 42 ships, 20,000 troops and 7,500 horses.)
  
  
Wrecked 31 May 1922 in Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand on passage from UK to Dunedin via Auckland.  None of the 103 men aboard perished.
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Wrecked 31 May 1922 in Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand on passage from UK to Dunedin via Auckland.  None of the 103 men aboard perished. Twelve had been landed when parties from the tug Katoa and the cruiser Philomel arrived with better apparatus. It was then possible to save four men in six minutes, and this rate of rescue was maintained until the last Wiltshire man was safely on the cliffs. The relief parties had worked to the limit if endurance and happily no one was injured. Thirty of the crew are camping over night under rain-sodden trees, as the tracks across the island are impassable in the darkness. Others are housed on the steamers.<ref>The Times, Saturday, Jun 03, 1922; pg. 8</ref> At the time of it being wrecked it was owned by Federal Stem Navigation Co.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==

Revision as of 15:10, 2 October 2021

HMAT A18 Wiltshire
HMAT A18 Wiltshire.jpg
Courtesy AWM Photo AO4186
History
Name HMAT A18 Wiltshire
Owner Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
Builder John Brown Clydebank
Completed 1912
General characteristics
Type Passenger / refrigerated cargo (twin screw)
Tonnage 10,390 tons
Speed 14 knots (25.93 kph)


Remarks

Built for the Federal Stream navigation Co, Ltd of London for the UK to Australia, New Zealand route.


Leased by the Commonwealth until 27 Dec 1917, when she was taken over by the British Admiralty. The Wiltshire completed nine voyages from Australia, including being a member of the first convoy from Albany. ( in Oct, 1914, the Wiltshire was part of a convoy of 10 troop transports crossing the Tasman Sea escorted by the Japanese Cruiser HIJMS Ibuki and HMS Pyramus, to join the biggest convoy ever to leave Australia up until that time: 42 ships, 20,000 troops and 7,500 horses.)


Wrecked 31 May 1922 in Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand on passage from UK to Dunedin via Auckland. None of the 103 men aboard perished. Twelve had been landed when parties from the tug Katoa and the cruiser Philomel arrived with better apparatus. It was then possible to save four men in six minutes, and this rate of rescue was maintained until the last Wiltshire man was safely on the cliffs. The relief parties had worked to the limit if endurance and happily no one was injured. Thirty of the crew are camping over night under rain-sodden trees, as the tracks across the island are impassable in the darkness. Others are housed on the steamers.[1] At the time of it being wrecked it was owned by Federal Stem Navigation Co.

Soldiers carried

Melbourne to Port Suez 18 November - 15 December 1915

Melbourne to Port Suez 7 March - 23 April 1916 ?

England to Fremantle 12 November - 25 December 1916

England to Albany 12 May - 23 June 1917

Port Said to Melbourne 12 November 1917 - ? December 1917

England to Fremantle 23 July - 24 September 1918

  • The Times, Saturday, Jun 03, 1922; pg. 8