Difference between revisions of "HMAT A70 Ballarat"
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Port Suez to Melbourne 5 July - 6 August 1915== | + | ===Port Suez to Melbourne 5 July - 6 August 1915=== |
*[[Claude Francis Cooper]] | *[[Claude Francis Cooper]] | ||
| − | ==Adelaide to Plymouth 14 September 1915 - ???== | + | ===Adelaide to Plymouth 14 September 1915 - ???=== |
*[[Robert George McLean]] Post WW1 men | *[[Robert George McLean]] Post WW1 men | ||
| − | ==Gibraltar to England 23 - 25 October 1915== | + | ===Gibraltar to England 23 - 25 October 1915=== |
*[[George Henry Martin MM MID]] | *[[George Henry Martin MM MID]] | ||
| − | ==Melbourne to Port Suez 18 February - 22 March 1916== | + | ===Melbourne to Port Suez 18 February - 22 March 1916=== |
*[[Allan Bernard Cann]] Post WW1 men | *[[Allan Bernard Cann]] Post WW1 men | ||
| − | ==Melbourne to Plymouth (sunk near England) 19 February | + | ===Melbourne to Plymouth (sunk near England) 19 February - 25 Apr 1917=== |
*[[Charles Henry Smith]] | *[[Charles Henry Smith]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A70 Ballarat |
| Builder/Built | 1911 Caird & Company, Scotland |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Displacement | 11,120 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London and used pre-war to transports emigrant to Australia from the UK. Made four voyages from Australia before at 2:00pm on 25 Apr 1917 in the English Channel as an Anzac Day service was being held, when she was torpedoed by U-boat UB-32 sinking the next day.
Aboard were 1752 men, mostly (1,602) new reinforcements arriving from Australia. None were lost, but the ship was, as efforts were being made to tow her into shallow water. She was also carrying copper and bullion.
Medical staff
- Francis William Singleton 5 Jul - 6 Aug 1915 voyage from England to Australia.
Soldiers carried
Port Suez to Melbourne 5 July - 6 August 1915
Adelaide to Plymouth 14 September 1915 - ???
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men
Gibraltar to England 23 - 25 October 1915
Melbourne to Port Suez 18 February - 22 March 1916
- Allan Bernard Cann Post WW1 men