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Revision as of 20:16, 9 July 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 Alexandria 2 November - 5 December 1914
- 2.2 Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
- 2.3 Hospital ship Mudros to Malta 25-27 August 1915
- 2.4 Hospital Ship Mudros to Alexandria 30 December - 31 December 1916
- 2.5 Melbourne to Devonport 27 May - 18 July 1916
- 2.6 Melbourne to Devonport 11 May - 20 July 1917
- 2.7 England 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 Alexandria 2 November - 5 December 1914
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
- William Barge
- Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle
- Edward Briggs
- William Edward Clarence Green
- Frederick Hobbs
- John Hobbs
- Stephen Henry Horrocks
- Henry George Price
- Reginald Grove Sexty MiD Post WW1 men
Hospital ship Mudros to Malta 25-27 August 1915
Hospital Ship Mudros to Alexandria 30 December - 31 December 1916
Melbourne to Devonport 27 May - 18 July 1916
Melbourne to Devonport 11 May - 20 July 1917
England to Australia 9 February - 24 March 1919
- Eugene Anthony Gillespie picked up at Gibraltar on 14 Feb
- John Macarthur Livingston
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Mont Alexander Taylor
- Sidney Tugby