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HMT Ionian

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HMT Ionian
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History
Name HMT Ionian
Owner Allan Line, Liverpool
Builder Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast
Launched 12 Sep 1901
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargo ship (refrigerated)
Tonnage 8,265 tons
Length 470 ft
Beam 57 ft 5 in
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
Capacity 131 x 1st class; 160 x 2nd; and 800 in steerage



Remarks

Owned by the Allen Line and used on UK - Canada routes until requisitioned as a troop ship in August 1914 (Government Transport No. 4). Initially used on the UK - Bombay route but in 1915, also used to transport wounded from Gallipoli to Alexandria. She carried defensive armament.


In 1917 she was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Line, and on 21 Oct 1917 she was sunk off Milford Haven (3 km west of St Govan's Head) in Wales by a mine laid by U-Boat U-51 with the loss of 7 lives.

Soldiers carried

Gallipoli to Alexandria (Hospital Ship format) 2 May - 4 May 1915

Alexandria to Gallipoli 9 -11 September 1915

Alexandria to Marseilles 7 June 1916 - 14 June 1916