HMAT A72 Beltana
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History | |
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Name | HMAT A72 Beltana |
Builder/Built | 1912 Caird & Co, Greenock |
Type | passenger / cargo ship (twin screw) |
Displacement | 11,167 tons |
Speed | 14 knots |
Remarks
Owned by the Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co, Ltd, London. Used on the London to Cape Town, Melbourne and Sydney route
Leased by the Commonwealth until 14 Sep 1917. Made at least five journeys between Australia and Egypt or England.
In 1919 resumed her Australian service via Suez, and in 1930 sold to Japan.
Laid up and scrapped in 1933.