HMAT A19 Afric
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| Name | HMAT A19 Afric |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | passenger / cargo ship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 11,948 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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Built for Ismay Imrie & Co (White Star Line) for the UK to Australia service. Part of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria. During April 1915 she was converted to carry 549 troops and 500 horses. made six complete voyages from Australia. Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 12 Feb 1917. Twenty two lives lost.