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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
  
Owned by the Allen Line and used on UK - Canada routes until requisitioned as a troop ship in 1914 (Government Transport No. 4).  Also used to transport wounded form Gallipoli to Alexandria.
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Owned by the Allen Line and used on UK - Canada routes until requisitioned as a troop ship in 1914 (Government Transport No. 4).  Also used to transport wounded from Gallipoli to Alexandria.
 
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In 1917 she was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Line, and on 21 Oct 1917 she was sunk off Milford Haven in Wales by a mine with the loss of 7 lives.
 
In 1917 she was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Line, and on 21 Oct 1917 she was sunk off Milford Haven in Wales by a mine with the loss of 7 lives.
 
In civilian format she could carry 131 first class passengers, 160 second class, and 800 in sterrage.
 
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==

Revision as of 04:00, 30 October 2021

HMT Ionian
HMT Ionian.jpg
HMT Ionian 1.jpg
History
Name HMT Ionian
Builder Workman Clark & Co Ltd
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargo ship (refrigerated)
Tonnage 8,265 tons
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
Capacity 131 x 1st class; 160 x 2nd; and 88 in steerage



Remarks

Owned by the Allen Line and used on UK - Canada routes until requisitioned as a troop ship in 1914 (Government Transport No. 4). Also used to transport wounded from Gallipoli to Alexandria.


In 1917 she was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Line, and on 21 Oct 1917 she was sunk off Milford Haven in Wales by a mine with the loss of 7 lives.

Soldiers carried

Gallipoli to Alexandria (Hospital Ship format) 2 May - 4 May 1915

Alexandria to Gallipoli 9 -11 September 1915

Alexandria to Marseilles 7 June 1916 - 14 June 1916