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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
 
Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line).  Leased by the Commonwealth until 9 Sep 1917.
 
Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line).  Leased by the Commonwealth until 9 Sep 1917.
Completed at least six journey from Austral with troops, and in 1918 brought home a load of sick and wounded men.
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Completed at least six journey from Australia with troops, and in 1918 brought home a load of sick and wounded men.
  
 
==List of soldiers carried==
 
==List of soldiers carried==

Revision as of 14:24, 13 April 2017

HMAT A29 Suevic.jpg
Courtesy AWM PO4754.001
History
Name HMAT A29 Suevic
Builder/Built 1901 Harland Wolff, Belfast
Type Passenger / refrigerated cargo ship
Displacement 12,531 tons
Speed 13,5 knots


Remarks

Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line). Leased by the Commonwealth until 9 Sep 1917. Completed at least six journey from Australia with troops, and in 1918 brought home a load of sick and wounded men.

List of soldiers carried

Thomas Henry William Denny
Henry Ernest Howard