Difference between revisions of "HMAT A66 Uganda"
From Our Contribution
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
| image = [[File:HMAT_A66_Uganda.jpg|border|600px]] | | image = [[File:HMAT_A66_Uganda.jpg|border|600px]] | ||
| − | | caption = | + | | caption = Shipwrecked Mariners Society |
| image2 = | | image2 = | ||
| caption2 = | | caption2 = | ||
| Line 38: | Line 38: | ||
==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services. | + | Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services. |
| − | |||
Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses. Between 1915 and 1916 she made four trips from Australia carrying troops. | Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses. Between 1915 and 1916 she made four trips from Australia carrying troops. | ||
| Line 50: | Line 49: | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Fremantle to Plymouth 20 September - 15 November 1916== | + | ===Fremantle to Plymouth 20 September - 15 November 1916=== |
*[[Jim Anderson]] | *[[Jim Anderson]] | ||
*[[James Edward Grabham]] | *[[James Edward Grabham]] | ||
Revision as of 02:02, 1 July 2019
 Shipwrecked Mariners Society | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A66 Uganda |
| Builder/Built | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Type | passenger / carg steamship |
| Displacement | 5,355 tons |
| Speed | 10 knots |
Remarks
Built for the British Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow & London. Carried only 17 passengers, primarily used for Indian and Australian services. Initially used as an Ambulance transport, she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock in May 1915 to transport 136 troops and 180 horses. Between 1915 and 1916 she made four trips from Australia carrying troops.
On 17 Jun 1916, off Marseilles she was attacked by an enemy submarine, and was hit several times by shellfire. The Uganda fired back, and it is thought her sixth shell hit the submarine which submerged. Management of the ship was transferred to the British Admiralty on 4 Dec 1916.
On 29 May 1918 she was again attacked, this time by torpedoes, off Majorca, 150 km north of Algiers by U-Boat UB49. The Uganda sank two days later, without loss of life.