Ship Details

Rig

Steel Twin Screw Steamer, Twin 4 x 6,500 ihp.

Built

1912

Built In

Tonnage

7,713g 4,477n

Dimensions

411.6 x 56.7 x 34.1

Demise

Adelaide Steamship Co., reg. Port Adelaide.1915: Requisitioned & became a troop ship. 1916: Converted into a hospital ship. 1918: As an 'ambulance transport' she was torpedoed. 1918 Mar.24: Heavily damaged after a collision. 1918 Aug.3: Torpedoed in the English Channel with a full complement of wounded. Sank while being towed into port, 130 lives lost.

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