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After WW2, the ''Ascanius'' carried Jewish emigrants from Marseilles to Haifa and was sold in 1949 to Italy and renamed ''San Giovannino''. The plan had been to carry emigrants from Italy to Australia, but she had to be laid up due to her age and was broken up at La Spezia in July 1952. | After WW2, the ''Ascanius'' carried Jewish emigrants from Marseilles to Haifa and was sold in 1949 to Italy and renamed ''San Giovannino''. The plan had been to carry emigrants from Italy to Australia, but she had to be laid up due to her age and was broken up at La Spezia in July 1952. | ||
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Revision as of 18:35, 26 April 2017
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMAT A11 Ascanius |
| Builder/Built | 1910 Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast |
| Type | Passenger/cargo (refrigerated) |
| Displacement | 10,048 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
- 2.2 Hospital ship Mudros to Malta 25-27 August 1915
- 2.3 Mudros to Alexandria 30 December 1915 - 4 January 1916
- 2.4 Melbourne to Devonport 27 May - 18 July 1916
- 2.5 Melbourne to Devonport 11 May - 20 July 1917
- 2.6 Returned to Australia 9 February - 24 March 1919
Remarks
Owned by Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool Leased in 1914 by the Commonwealth until 30 Jul 1917. Was part of the 1st Convoy, carrying the South Australian 10th Battalion, and the 11th Battalion from Fremantle. Between 19 Apr and 12 May 1915 she was converted at Cockatoo Island Dockyard to transport 1,820 troops and 12 horses. Completed nine transport voyages from Australia.
After the war she serviced the refrigerated meat trade between Australia and Liverpool, before being used again as a troopship during WW2. She was torpedoed on 30 Jul 1944 by U-621 while a member of Convoy EBC-54, in the English Channel south of Portsmouth while on its way to the Normandy beaches where it was to act as a depot ship, but was able to make it to port for repairs.
After WW2, the Ascanius carried Jewish emigrants from Marseilles to Haifa and was sold in 1949 to Italy and renamed San Giovannino. The plan had been to carry emigrants from Italy to Australia, but she had to be laid up due to her age and was broken up at La Spezia in July 1952.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
William Barge
Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle
Edward Briggs
Frederick Hobbs
John Hobbs
Stephen Henry Horrocks
Henry George Price
Reginald Grove Sexty
Hospital ship Mudros to Malta 25-27 August 1915
Mudros to Alexandria 30 December 1915 - 4 January 1916
Melbourne to Devonport 27 May - 18 July 1916
Eric Oswald Strang
Hugh Gibson Winning
Melbourne to Devonport 11 May - 20 July 1917
Francis Joseph (Frank) Steffan
Returned to Australia 9 February - 24 March 1919
Eugene Anthony Gillespie picked up at Gibraltar on 14 Feb
John Macarthur Livingston
Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
Sidney Tugby