Passenger vessel "Mooltan", built  by Caird & Co - Greenock, Scotland.  She took her maiden voyage on 4 October 1905.  Owned by P & O and operated between Uk & Australia via Suez Canal.  In 1911 she participated in Coronation Review and in 1914 was comman

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Passenger vessel "Mooltan", built by Caird & Co - Greenock, Scotland. She took her maiden voyage on 4 October 1905. Owned by P & O and operated between Uk & Australia via Suez Canal. In 1911 she participated in Coronation Review and in 1914 was commandeered as a troopship. In 1917 she was sunk by a torpedo off Sardinia. Propulsion: Twin Screw, triple expansion engine Tonnage: 9505 ton Dimensionms: length 166, breadth 18m Maximum Speed: 17 knots Passengers: 348 first class, 166 second class Refer - "Home and Back" by Stuart Bremer

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Port Adelaide Nautical Museum

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