Difference between revisions of "HMAT A64 Demosthenes"
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A64 Demosthenes |
| Builder/Built | 1911 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | passenger liner |
| Displacement | 11,223 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Aberdeen Line. In peacetime she was used by the Aberdeen Line on the UK to Australia route. Leased by the Commonwealth and made five trips as a troop ship, the last one under the control of the Admiralty who took her over on 16 Mar 1917.
In 1923 its owners were G. Thompson & Co of London. In 1928 the ship was managed by the Oceanic Line and carried passengers between the UK and Brisbane. It was scrapped in 1931.
Soldiers carried
Melbourne to Egypt 16 Jul 1915 - ? August 1915
Embarked in Fremantle on 22 Jul 1915
England to Fremantle 27 July - 18 September 1917
England to Albany 16 January - 22 February 1919
- Charles Glyn Firns
- Edward Henry Hanrahan boarded at Port Suez on 28 Jan 1919
- Roderick McCaskill
- Wilfred (George) Nettleton
Other Voyages
18 May 1916 from Sydney, New South Wales 23 December 1916 from Sydney, New South Wales 29 December 1915 from Melbourne, Victoria