Difference between revisions of "HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale"
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| shiptype = passenger / cargo ship single Screw | | shiptype = passenger / cargo ship single Screw | ||
| shiptonnage = 5,121 tons | | shiptonnage = 5,121 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = 430.2 ft | + | | shiplength = 430.2 ft (131.13m) |
− | | shipbeam = 53.4 ft | + | | shipbeam = 53.4 ft (16.28m) |
− | | shipdepth = 26.7 ft | + | | shipdepth = 26.7 ft (8.14m) |
| shippropulsion = single screw | | shippropulsion = single screw | ||
| shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 kph) | | shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 kph) |
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Remarks
Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line). Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria, and made five other journeys from Australia with troops aboard.
War service
- 03/09/1914 until 14/04/1917 Australian Expeditionary Force Transport No. A.6.
- 11/03/1915 until 07/07/1915 On Imperial service
- 13/01/1916 until 04/03/1916 On Imperial service.
- 15/04/1917 until 22/06/1917 Expeditionary Force Transport No. F. 182, moving Canadian stores.
- 23/06/1917 until 17/11/1917 Liner Requisition Scheme.
Whilst on a voyage from Chittagong to London, with general cargo, was sunk with a torpedo by the German submarine UB 51, in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria.
Soldiers carried
Adelaide to Port Suez 5 February - 12 March 1917
Embarked in Fremantle 13 February
Other Voyages
- 6 May 1916 from Melbourne