HMT Ivernia
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| History | |
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| Name |
HMT Ivernia |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle |
| Type | Passenger Liner - immigrants |
| Displacement | 13,799 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by Cunard Steam Ship Company and used pre war on the Liverpool to New York or Boston routes. It was taken over as a troopship in September 1914.
Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on New Year's Day 1917 by U Boat-47 off Cape Matapan, Greece. 85 soldiers and 35 crew died.
List of soldiers carried
Alexandria to Mudros & Gallipoli 4 Sep 1915 - 7 Sep 1915 - 10 Sep 1915
William Barge
Edward Briggs
Frederick Hobbs
Stephen Henry Horrocks
Henry George Price
Alexandria to Marseilles 5 Jun 1916 - 12 Jun 1916
- George Edward Binns
- Thomas Bird
- Victor Norman Chandler MM
- Henry Thomas Cockram
- George Sidney Cook
- Gordon Devereux MM post WW1 men
- Alexander Donald
- Victor Emanuel Durling
- Albert John Egan MID
- Charles Maul Glover
- John Francis Grabham MM
- Walter David Francis Kerridge
- Alexander Russell Main
- Leonard Roy Matthews
- Keith George Harman Podger
- Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor
- Francis Henry Ryniker