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==Egypt to Fremantle 31 March - 24 May 1919== | ==Egypt to Fremantle 31 March - 24 May 1919== | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | RMS Mongolia |
| Builder/Built | 1891 D & W Henderson, Glasgow |
| Type | Passenger / cargo steamer (Single screw) |
| Displacement | 4,838 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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Remarks
In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty. Operated by Indian & Peninsular S.N. Co., Bombay. On 21st Jul.1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.70 while 5 miles off Filey Brig on voyage Middlesbrough to London, with the loss of 36 lives.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915
- Frank William Dowell
- John Francis Grabham MM
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Amos Roy (Roy) Smith
- Edward Harris (Ted) Smith
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier