HMAT A73 Commonwealth

History
Name	HMAT A73 Commonwealth
Type	passenger / cargo ship
Displacement	6,616 tons
Speed	14 knots

Remarks

Built for W.Lund's Blue Anchor Line and used on the Australian run until ownership changed in 1910.

Leased by the Commonwealth, making four trips from Australia to the Middle East as a troop ship. Management was transferred to the British Admiralty on 23 Jun 1917.

Port Suez to Fremantle 24 January - 2 February 1916

• Frederick Thorneycroft Plant

Fremantle to Port Suez 1 November - 10 December 1917

• Albert Edgar Chuck

England to Fremantle 13 April - 4 June 1919

• Edward Patrick Barker
• William Allan Bovell
• Frank Halliday