HMT Lake Michigan
From Our Contribution
 Immigrant Ships of our Ancestors - Ron Miller | |
 Lake Michigan with tropps of 'A' Echelon HQ 1st Aust Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Battalion moving in to land at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915. - AWM J02419 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Lake Michigan |
| Owner | Beaver Line (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool |
| Builder | Swan & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Yard number | 264 |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1901 |
| Completed | February 1902 |
| In service | 1902 |
| Out of service | 1908 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 8,200 tons |
| Length | 469.5 ft (143.19m) |
| Beam | 56.2 ft (17.13m) |
| Depth | 31.9 ft (9.68m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 13 knots (25.08 km/h) |
| Capacity | Accommodation for 122 x 1st, 130 x 2nd and 500 x 3rd Class passengers |
Remarks
In 1903 ownership transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Liverpool and in 1916 to th Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Lines, Liverpool. She was placed on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal service until the war.
At Gallipoli, the "Lake Michigan" landed the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion, and the 'A' Echelon of the 1st Infantry Brigade on 25 Apr 1915.[1]. On the 16th April 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boat U-100 when on route from Liverpool for Saint John in New Brunswick. She sank 93 miles (155 km) north by west of Eagl Islan
Soldiers carried
Mudros to Alexandria 4 - 6 January 1916
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID
- † Thomas Flavin
- † Arthur George Kettley
- † Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC
- † Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM
- William Stephens
- Frederick Selkirk
- Edward William Tink