Difference between revisions of "HMT Ivernia"
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| shipname = HMT Ivernia | | shipname = HMT Ivernia | ||
| − | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Cunard Steam Ship Cp. |
| shipbuilder = Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle | | shipbuilder = Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle | ||
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| shiplaunched = 1899 | | shiplaunched = 1899 | ||
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| − | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 14 Apr 1900 |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company | + | Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company. he made her maiden voyage, from Liverpool to New York, on 14 April 1900. Two months later she was placed on the Liverpool-Boston route for which she was intended, and remained on that route until December 1911. Ivernia was then placed on a Trieste-New York route and remained there until World War I, except for the winter of 1912-13, when she returned to the Boston-Liverpool route. |
| − | Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece. | + | |
| − | + | She was taken over as a troopship in September 1914. | |
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| + | Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by German U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece while carrying 2,400 Scottish troops from Marseilles to Alexandria. Eighty five soldiers and thirty six crew died. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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On 10 Sep 1915 all boarded [[HMT Sarnia]] for the journey to Anzac Cove | On 10 Sep 1915 all boarded [[HMT Sarnia]] for the journey to Anzac Cove | ||
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* † [[William Barge]] | * † [[William Barge]] | ||
* † [[Charles Barnett]] | * † [[Charles Barnett]] | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Ivernia |
| Owner | Cunard Steam Ship Cp. |
| Builder | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle |
| Launched | 1899 |
| Completed | 1900 |
| In service | 14 Apr 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Liner - immigrants |
| Tonnage | 13,799 tons |
| Length | 600 ft (180 m) |
| Beam | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1,964 passengers - (164 x 1st Class, 200 Sx 2nd, 1,600 x 3rd) |
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[hide]Remarks
Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company. he made her maiden voyage, from Liverpool to New York, on 14 April 1900. Two months later she was placed on the Liverpool-Boston route for which she was intended, and remained on that route until December 1911. Ivernia was then placed on a Trieste-New York route and remained there until World War I, except for the winter of 1912-13, when she returned to the Boston-Liverpool route.
She was taken over as a troopship in September 1914.
Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by German U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece while carrying 2,400 Scottish troops from Marseilles to Alexandria. Eighty five soldiers and thirty six crew died.
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to Mudros 4 - 7 September 1915
On 10 Sep 1915 all boarded HMT Sarnia for the journey to Anzac Cove
- † William Barge
- † Charles Barnett
- William Bowman
- Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle
- Edward Briggs
- † John McLeod Brown
- † Oswald Chorlton
- William Edward Clarence Green
- Walter Hayward
- Frederick Hobbs
- † John Hobbs
- † Stephen Henry Horrocks
- Henry Richard Keefe
- † Basil Kelley
- William Alfred Leaver
- † Harry Pickard
- Henry George Price
- Reginald Grove Sexty MID
- † Roland Parker Shelley
- Arnold Thorp
England to Alexandria ?? - 16 February 1916
Alexandria to Marseilles France 22 - 28 Mar 1916
Alexandria to Marseilles 5 - 12 June 1916
- Edward Patrick Barker
- George Edward Binns
- Clyde Bird
- Thomas Bird
- † John McLeod Brown
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID
- Victor Norman Chandler MM
- † Bernard William Chatfield
- Henry Thomas Cockram
- George Sidney Cook
- Francis Crowe
- † Walter Edward Dalziell
- Charles Henry Davis
- Gordon Devereux MM post WW1 men
- Alexander Donald
- Victor Emanuel Durling
- Albert John Egan MID
- † Charles Maul Glover
- † John Francis Grabham MM
- † John Huntley
- Walter David Francis Kerridge
- Thomas William Kerry
- Alexander Russell Main
- † Leonard Roy Matthews
- Charles Frederick McKay
- † Keith George Harman Podger
- † Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor
- † Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM
- Francis Henry Ryniker
- Henry Giles Schmidt
- † Ernest Selkirk MID
- Frederick Selkirk
- † Frank Leslie Sexton