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{{Infobox ship
| name          = SS Soudan
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| image         = [[File:SS_Soudan.jpg]]
 
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| caption        = In hosptal ship livery
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| image2         = [[File:SS_Soudan_1.jpg]]
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| caption2      = Troopship version
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| shipname = SS Soudan
 
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| shipowner = Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock
|  image        = [[File:SS_Soudan.jpg|border|600px]]
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| shipbuilder = Caird & Company, Greenock
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| shipyardnumber = 297
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| shiplaunched = 7 Mar 1901
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| shipcompleted = 19 Apr 1901
 
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| shipinservice = 30 Apr 1901
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| shipoutofservice = 1925
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| header1  = History
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| shipID = SGWK
 
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| shipfate = scrapped 11 Dec 1925
| label2  = Name
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| shiptype = Passenger / cargo  
|   data2  = SS Soudan
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| shiptonnage = 6,680 tons
 
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| shiplength = 450.0 ft (137.16)
| label3  = Builder/Built
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| shipbeam = 52.4 ft (15.97)
|   data3  = 1901 Caird & Company, Greenock
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| shipdepth = 30.5 ft (9.30m) draught 26 ft 7½ in (8.11m)
 
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
| label4  = Type
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| shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 78 x 1st; 64 x 2nd class, creww of 197
 
 
| label5  = Displacement
 
|  data5  = 6,680 tons
 
 
 
label6 = Speed
 
|   data6  = 14 knots
 
 
 
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Owned by the peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Initially during WW1 used as a troop ship, she served as a Hospital Ship in the Mediterranean during the Gallipoli campaign
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Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and used on 'Intermediate' servicing with Indian trooping as required. Initially during WW1 she was used as a troop ship, before she served as a Royal Navy Hospital Ship from 3 Aug 1914 in the Mediterranean, including the Gallipoli campaign. Released from naval service in 1919.
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in 1925 sold to, and broken up by Kisimoto Kisen in Osaka, Japan
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Devonport to Fremantle 12 May - 21 June 1919==
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===Devonport to Fremantle 12 May - 21 June 1919===
 
*[[Claude Francis Cooper]]
 
*[[Claude Francis Cooper]]
 
*[[Charles Rudolff Dumps]]
 
*[[Charles Rudolff Dumps]]
*[[William John Martin]]
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*[[William John Martin (1893)]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 16:46, 11 December 2023

SS Soudan
SS Soudan.jpg
In hosptal ship livery
SS Soudan 1.jpg
Troopship version
History
Name SS Soudan
Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock
Builder Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number 297
Launched 7 Mar 1901
Completed 19 Apr 1901
In service 30 Apr 1901
Out of service 1925
Fate scrapped 11 Dec 1925
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargo
Tonnage 6,680 tons
Length 450.0 ft (137.16)
Beam 52.4 ft (15.97)
Depth 30.5 ft (9.30m) draught 26 ft 7½ in (8.11m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
Capacity 78 x 1st; 64 x 2nd class, creww of 197



Remarks

Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and used on 'Intermediate' servicing with Indian trooping as required. Initially during WW1 she was used as a troop ship, before she served as a Royal Navy Hospital Ship from 3 Aug 1914 in the Mediterranean, including the Gallipoli campaign. Released from naval service in 1919.

in 1925 sold to, and broken up by Kisimoto Kisen in Osaka, Japan

Soldiers carried

Devonport to Fremantle 12 May - 21 June 1919