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==Remarks==
 
==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.
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Original owner was the Aberdeen Line, later sold to the Shaw, Saville & Albion Line for routes to Melbourne, Australia via Cape Town. She could carry 250 third class passengers, and 100 in first class.  The trip to Melbourne took 40 days.
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Served during WW1 as a troopship under the control of the Commonwealth until 20 Oct 1917 before being transferred to the British Admiralty.  While controlled by the Transport Branch of the Australian Navy she undertook 7 journeys with troops from Australia to either Egypt or England.
 
Served during WW1 as a troopship under the control of the Commonwealth until 20 Oct 1917 before being transferred to the British Admiralty.  While controlled by the Transport Branch of the Australian Navy she undertook 7 journeys with troops from Australia to either Egypt or England.
  
During WW2 the Themistocles was used on trans Atlantic convoys.
 
 
Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to servicing the Australian route.
 
  
She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.
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During WW2 the Themistocles was used on trans Atlantic convoys. Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to servicing the Australian route. She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.
 
   
 
   
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Fremantle to Alexandria 22 Dec 1914 - ? January 1915==
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===Fremantle to Alexandria 2 January 1915 - 1 February 1915===
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Some troops joined ship much earlier than the day she sailed.
 
*[[John Alexander Adamson]]
 
*[[John Alexander Adamson]]
 
*[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
 
*[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
 
*[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 
*[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
  
==Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915===
 
*[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
 
*[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
  
==Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915==
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===Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915===
 
*[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
 
*[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
 
*[[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]] from Port Suez on 15 Aug 1915
 
*[[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]] from Port Suez on 15 Aug 1915
  
==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 October 1915 - ?? November 1915==
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===Fremantle to Port Suez 13 October 1915 - ?? November 1915===
 
*[[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 
*[[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 
*[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
 
*[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
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*[[James Thomson MM]]
 
*[[James Thomson MM]]
  
== Alexandria to Lemnos Island 15 - 18 November 1915==
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=== Alexandria to Lemnos Island 15 - 18 November 1915===
 
*[[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby]]
 
*[[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby]]
 
*[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
 
*[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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*[[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
 
*[[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
  
==Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916==
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===Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916===
 
*[[William Barge]]
 
*[[William Barge]]
 
*[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
 
*[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
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*[[Stuart Alan Webb]]
 
*[[Stuart Alan Webb]]
  
==Portsmouth to Fremantle 4 May - 24 Jun 1917==
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===Portsmouth to Fremantle 4 May - 24 Jun 1917===
 
*[[Charles Frederick George Judd]]
 
*[[Charles Frederick George Judd]]
 
*[[Robert Poole]]
 
*[[Robert Poole]]
  
==Portsmouth to Fremantle 5 November - 23 December 1917==
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===Portsmouth to Fremantle 5 November - 23 December 1917===
 
*[[William Bingham]]
 
*[[William Bingham]]
 
*[[George Conway MID]]
 
*[[George Conway MID]]

Revision as of 23:58, 29 June 2019

HMAT A32 Themistocles
HMAT A32 Themistocles.jpg
History
Name HMAT A32 Themistocles
Builder/Built 1910 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Type Ocean Liner
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 Melbourne, Australia via Cape Town. 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 before being transferred to the British Admiralty. While controlled by the Transport Branch of the Australian Navy she undertook 7 journeys with troops from Australia to either Egypt or England.


During WW2 the Themistocles was used on trans Atlantic convoys. Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to servicing the Australian route. She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Alexandria 2 January 1915 - 1 February 1915

Some troops joined ship much earlier than the day she sailed.

Fremantle to Port Suez 9 June - 30 June 1915

Alexandria to Fremantle 13 August - 10 September 1915

Fremantle to Port Suez 13 October 1915 - ?? November 1915

Alexandria to Lemnos Island 15 - 18 November 1915

Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 March - 21 March 1916

Portsmouth to Fremantle 4 May - 24 Jun 1917

Portsmouth to Fremantle 5 November - 23 December 1917