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==Melbourne to Port Suez 8 May - ?? June 1915==
 
==Melbourne to Port Suez 8 May - ?? June 1915==
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 2 - 26 November 1915==  
 
==Fremantle to Port Suez 2 - 26 November 1915==  
[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]<br />[[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]<br />[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]<br />[[Gordon Devereux]]<br />[[Victor Emanuel Durling]]<br />[[Albert John Egan MID]]<br />[[Richard Evans MM]]<br />[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]<br />[[James Kershaw]]<br />[[Alexander Russell Main]]<br />[[Leonard Roy Matthews]]<br />[[Keith George Harman Podger]]<br />[[William Rawlinson]]<br />[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]<br />[[Francis Henry Ryniker]]<br />[[Arthur William Symonds]]
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==Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915==
 
==Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915==
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==Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916==
 
==Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916==
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==Fremantle to Alexandria 1 - 25 April 1916==
 
==Fremantle to Alexandria 1 - 25 April 1916==
[[William Harrington Edward Watson]] boarded in Sydney on 20 Feb 1916<br />[[Thomas William Dowell]]<br />[[Henry Joseph Milne]]<br />[[Edward Price]]<br />[[Robert Lauden Rayner]]
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==Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916==
 
==Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916==
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==Return to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917==
 
==Return to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917==
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==Return to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917==
 
==Return to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917==
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==Return to Fremantle 15 Feb 1918 - 11 Mar 1918==
 
==Return to Fremantle 15 Feb 1918 - 11 Mar 1918==
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==Return to Fremantle 18 Jan 1919 - 23 Jan 1919==
 
==Return to Fremantle 18 Jan 1919 - 23 Jan 1919==
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Revision as of 23:36, 28 April 2017

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History
Name

HMAT A38 Ulysses

Builder/Built 1913 Workman Clark, Belfast
Type Passenger cargo ship (twin screw)
Displacement 14,449 tons
Speed 13.5 knots


Remarks

Owned by China Mutual SN Co, of London, leased by the Commonwealth until 15 Aug 1917. Made six or more trips from Australia. When not carrying troops along with the other transports she carried general goods to the UK.

On 11 Apr 1942 it was enroute Sydney to Liverpool with cargo when she was sunk by a torpedo from U-160 off the coat of Florida.

Soldiers carried

Melbourne to Port Suez 8 May - ?? June 1915

Fremantle to Port Suez 2 - 26 November 1915

Lemnos to Alexandria 20 - 22 December 1915

Alexandria to Fremantle 3 January - 5 February 1916

Fremantle to Alexandria 1 - 25 April 1916

Melbourne to Plymouth 25 October - 28 December 1916

Return to Fremantle 13 February - 12 April 1917

Return to Fremantle 10 September - 4 November 1917

Return to Fremantle 15 Feb 1918 - 11 Mar 1918

Return to Fremantle 18 Jan 1919 - 23 Jan 1919