Difference between revisions of "HMAT A45 Bulla"
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| − | Originally built for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, and named ''SS Hessen''. When she sailed | + | Originally built for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, and named ''''SS Hessen''''. When she sailed into Melbourne on 3 Sep 1914, unaware that war had broken out, where she was seized by the Commonwealth who renamed her ''Bulla''. Manned by Australian officers and crew she was transferred on 15 Apr 1918 to the Commonwealth Government Line who in 1926 sold her to Schuchmann Wilhelm of Hamburg. Renamed ''Weissesee'', she was sunk during an air raid at Hamburg on 25 Jul 1943. Raised in 1949 she was then broken up. |
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| − | + | During WW1 she completed three journeys with medical staff to Europe, one other voyae as a troop ship, and one as a cargo ship without passengers. | |
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Port Suez 12 February - 11 March 1917== | + | ===Fremantle to Port Suez 12 February - 11 March 1917=== |
*[[George Ezra Bunney]] | *[[George Ezra Bunney]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:30, 30 June 2019
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A45 Bulla |
| Builder/Built | 1905 Tecklenborg at Geestemunde |
| Type | Steamship (Single screw) |
| Displacement | 5,099 tons |
| Speed | 12 knots |
Remarks
Originally built for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, and named 'SS Hessen'. When she sailed into Melbourne on 3 Sep 1914, unaware that war had broken out, where she was seized by the Commonwealth who renamed her Bulla. Manned by Australian officers and crew she was transferred on 15 Apr 1918 to the Commonwealth Government Line who in 1926 sold her to Schuchmann Wilhelm of Hamburg. Renamed Weissesee, she was sunk during an air raid at Hamburg on 25 Jul 1943. Raised in 1949 she was then broken up.
During WW1 she completed three journeys with medical staff to Europe, one other voyae as a troop ship, and one as a cargo ship without passengers.