SS City of Hankow
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT City of Hankow |
| Builder/Built | 1915 William Gray & Co. Ltd, Sunderland |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Displacement | 7,369 tons |
| Speed | 12 knots |
Remarks
Built for the Ellerman City Line Ltd of Glasgow. Sold in 1923 to Montgomery W & Co of London and then bought back by Ellerman Lines in 1937. On 18 Dec 1942, on a voyage from Liverpool to Beira with a cargo of military equipment, general and 2.5 million pounds sterling, was wrecked north of Saldanha Bay north of Cape Town, South Africa.
Soldiers carried
Middle East to Adelaide 13 February - 5 April 1942
- Walter Leonard Axford
- Raymond Bennett disembarked 28 Mar 1942 at Fremantle
- Arthur Mitchell