Difference between revisions of "HMAT A32 Themistocles"
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==List of soldiers carried== | ==List of soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November | + | ==Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 3 December 1914== |
[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]] | [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]] | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June | + | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915== |
[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]] | [[Stephen Henry Horrocks]] | ||
| − | ==Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August | + | ==Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915== |
[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]] | [[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]] | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September | + | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September - 13 October 1915== |
[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]<br />[[Francis Leonard Martin]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]] | [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]<br />[[Francis Leonard Martin]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]] | ||
| − | ==Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March | + | ==Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916== |
[[Charles William Price]] | [[Charles William Price]] | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April | + | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916== |
[[William Bingham]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]] | [[William Bingham]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 24 April 2017
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| History | |
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| Builder/Built | 1910 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Displacement | 11,231 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
==Remarks=Original owner was the Aberdeen Line, later sold to the Shaw, Saville & Albion Line for routes to Australia.
She could carry 250 third class passengers, and 100 in first class. The trip to Melbourne took 40 days.
Served during WW1 as a troopship under the control of the Commonwealth until 20 Oct 1917, and in trans Atlantic convoys during WW2. Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to the Australian route.
She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.
Contents
- 1 List of soldiers carried
- 2 Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 3 December 1914
- 3 Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
- 4 Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915
- 5 Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September - 13 October 1915
- 6 Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916
- 7 Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916
List of soldiers carried
Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 3 December 1914
Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar
Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915
Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915
Fremantle to Port Suez 13 September - 13 October 1915
Henry Thomas Cockram
Alfred Arthur Martin
Francis Leonard Martin
William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar