Difference between revisions of "HMAT A9 Shropshire"

HMAT A9 Shropshire
History
Name	HMAT A9 Shropshire
Owner	Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
Builder	John Brown, Clydebank
Yard number	400
Launched	27 Apr 1911
Completed	19 Sep 1911
In service	28 Oct 1911
Out of service	1940
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk 11 Dec 1940
General characteristics
Type	Passenger / cargo steamship
Tonnage	11,911 tons
Length	526.4 ft (160.45m)
Beam	61.4 ft (18.71m)
Depth	33.3 ft (10.15m)
Propulsion	twin screw
Speed	14 knots (25.93 kmph)
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 11 December 2023

Remarks

Built for the Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London, and employed on passenger and meat trade between New Zealand and Britain. Leased by the Commonwealth until 5 Aug 1917 when control passed to the British Admiralty. Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria. Completed seven voyages from Australia.

In 1923 was renamed Rotorua for the New Zealand Shipping Co. Became a casualty of WW2, being torpedoed by U Boat U-96 off St. Kilda, with the loss of 21 lives, 104 were rescued. Inward from Lyttelton via Halifax for Avonmouth.

Soldiers carried

Sydney to Alexandria 17 March - ? April 1915

Embarked in Melbourne on 20 March

Thomas Herbert Ludlow

Fremantle to Port Suez 31 March - 24 Apr 1916

Other Voyages

20 October 1914 from Melbourne
20 August 1915 from Sydney
25 September 1916 from Melbourne
11 May 1917 from Melbourne

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+Inward from Lyttelton via Halifax for Avonmouth.
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-===Melbourne to Alexandria 20 Mar - ? Apr 1915===
+===Sydney to Alexandria 17 March - ? April 1915===
+Embarked in Melbourne on 20 March
 *[[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
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 * [[Edward Walter Tatam]]
 * † [[Hobart Turner]]
+===Other Voyages===
+* 20 October 1914 from Melbourne
+* 20 August 1915 from Sydney
+* 25 September 1916 from Melbourne
+* 11 May 1917 from Melbourne
 [[Category:Ships]]