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+ | Built for the London and South Western Railway at a cost of £75,000. | ||
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914, she served primarily as an armed boarding vessel, although during hte landings at Gallipoli she carried the 28th Battalion from Mudross to Anzac Cove. | Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914, she served primarily as an armed boarding vessel, although during hte landings at Gallipoli she carried the 28th Battalion from Mudross to Anzac Cove. |
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Name | HMT Sarnia |
Builder/Built | 1910 Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead |
Type | Channel Packet (triple screw steamer) |
Displacement | 1,505 tons |
Speed | 20 knots |
Remarks
Built for the London and South Western Railway at a cost of £75,000.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914, she served primarily as an armed boarding vessel, although during hte landings at Gallipoli she carried the 28th Battalion from Mudross to Anzac Cove.
Sarnia was torpedoed and sank of Alexandria in 1918.