HMT Lake Michigan
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Lake Michigan |
| Builder/Built | 1901 Swan & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Type | passenger ship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 8,200 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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mmigrant Ships of our Ancestors - Ron Miller | |
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| 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) |
Remarks
At Gallipoli, the "Lake Michigan" landed the 4th 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 submarine U-100 when on route from Liverpool for Saint John in New Brunswick.