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History
Name HMAT A64 Demosthenes
Builder/Built 1911 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Type passenger liner
Displacement 11,223 tons
Speed 15 knots


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 until 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

England to Fremantle 16 January - 22 February 1919

Roderick McCaskill