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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A18 Wiltshire |
| Builder/Built | 1912 John Brown Clydebank |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 10,390 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Federal Stream navigation Co, Ltd of London for the UK p Australia, New Zealand route.
Leased by the Commonwealth until 2 Oct 1917, she completed nine voyages from Australia, including being in the first convoy from Albany.
Wrecked 31 May 1922 in Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand on passage form UK to Dunedin. No lives lost.