HMAT A11 Ascanius
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMAT A11 Ascanius |
| Builder/Built | 1910 |
| Type | Passenger/cargo (refrigerated) |
| Displacement | 10,048 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Leased 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 serviced the refrigerated meat trade between Australia and Liverpool, before being used again as a troopship during WW2. She was torpedoed in 1944, but was able to make it to port for repairs.
Resumed her Australia service in 1946 until she was sold in 1949, renamed San Giovannino and then scrapped in 1952..
List of soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915
William Barge
Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle
Edward Briggs
Frederick Hobbs
John Hobbs
Stephen Henry Horrocks
Henry George Price
Reginald Grove Sexty
Hospital ship
Melbourne to Devonport 27 May 1916 - 18 Jul 1916
Eric Oswald Strang
Hugh Gibson Winning
Melbourne to Devonport 11 May 1917 - 20 Jul 1917
Returned to Australia 9 Feb 1919 - 24 Mar 1919
Eugene Anthony Gillespie from Gibraltar on 14 Feb
John Macarthur Livingston
Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
Sidney Tugby