SS Carpentaria
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Name | SS Carpentaria |
Builder/Built | 1901 in Glasgow |
Type | Passenger / cargo |
Displacement | 5,766 tons |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
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Remarks
Owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd of Calcutta.
She is what is known as a shelter-deck steamer, that is, with a full sweep of decking running right fore and aft, and possessed, comparatively speaking, limited passenger accommodation, and still less top hamper.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 20 August - 28 September 1918
Sydney to England 7 - 28 November 1918
Ship was recalled - men transferred at some point to SS Riverina.