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Re: [TSL] Re:- WW1 Troop Ships
"John Leahy" <jonleahy@tpg.com.au> on 12/20/2002

  Ted,
           Once again I owe you a vote of thanks for the info re the Hawks
Bay @ Nevasa.Very much appreciated.
           If possible Ted, could you feed this ex-'ginger-beer' with the
the details of gear that makes the props turn.

           Thanks in advance and a Joyous @ Peaceful Xmas to all and best
wishes to all the Mariners who will be spending Xmas at sea.Been there ,done
that but swallowed the anchor some years back .

           Regards
           Johno in OZ.








----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Finch <mariners-l@efinch90.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TSL] Re:- WW1 Troop Ships


> Hi Johno,
>
> Here are details of your two ships -
>
> HAWKES BAY 1912
> 10,641 gross tons, length 508ft x beam 61.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin
> screw, speed 13 knots, accommodation for 750-steerage class passengers.
> Launched on 27th Sep.1912 by Workman, Clark & Co., Belfast (Yard No.313)
for
> Tyser Line, London, she started her maiden voyage in Jan.1913 from London
to
> Sydney. In Jan.1914 she was transferred to ownership of the newly formed
> Commonwealth & Dominion Line (Port Line) and was used for trooping on the
> homeward voyages. Apr.1916 renamed PORT NAPIER. 1932 laid up in the River
> Blackwater and 1936 transferred within the group to T & J. Brocklebank,
> Liverpool and renamed MARTAND. 1938 sold to A. Zanchi, Genoa, renamed
> MARTANO and later the same year became the MAR BIANCO. Sep.1943 taken over
> by Germans after the Italian capitulation and on 7th Dec.1943 was bombed
and
> sunk by Allied aircraft in the Adriatic off Zara while employed as a
German
> army supply ship to Yugoslavia.
> Photo in Great Passenger Ships of the World, vol.1 by A. Kludas, ISBN
> 0-85059-174-0
>
> NEVASA 1912
> 9071 gross tons, length 480.5ft x beam 58.1ft, one funnel, two masts, twin
> screw, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 128-1st and 98-2nd class
pasengers.
> Launched 12th Dec.1912 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for British India
> Steam Navigation Co., she started her maiden voyage from London to East
> Africa and Calcutta on 22nd Mar.1913. In Aug.1914 she was taken over and
> converted to a troopship, and from Jan.1915 to 1918 was fitted as a 660
bed
> hospital ship. Used in the East Africa, Persian Gulf, Salonika and
> Mesopotamia campaigns. Later in 1918 she was used as a North Atlantic
> troopship, ferrrying US troops and later repatriating Allied forces. In
late
> 1919 she resumed commercial service on the UK - East Africa and UK -
> Calcutta services. 1925 rebuilt as a permanent troopship with capacity for
> 1,000 men. In 1935-37 she carried out a series of off-season educational
> cruises for the School Journey's Association, London and in 1937 attended
> the Spithead Coronation Naval Review. Between 1939 and 1945 she trooped
> steadily and was used between the UK, India, Basra, Madagascar and for the
> Normandy Landings. She resumed commercial service in 1946 but was
basically
> a troopship..Jan.1948 laid up in the River Blackwater and then scrapped at
> Bo'ness.
> Photo in "Sea Safari" by Peter C. Kohler, ISBN 1-872006-05-1
>
> regards
> Ted
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Leahy <jonleahy@tpg.com.au>
> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:01 AM
> Subject: [TSL] Re:- WW1 Troop Ships
>
>
> > G'Day to all TSL Listers,
> >                                     I'm tracing details of two WW1 troop
> ships which transported Grand-dad to and from the war zones in
> >  1916 @ 1919. Firstly, going to war, the vessel was the 'HAWKES BAY'
which
> disembarked the troops in Egypt on the 24-05-1916.
> >
> > After the war he was returned to Australia on the 'NEVASA'.Embarkation
> taking place on the 05-04-1919.This vessel probably sailed from London or
> close to London.
> >
> >                                    Many thanks in advance @ A Joyous And
> Peaceful Christmas to all
> >                                    Johno in a hot @ dry Australia
> >
> >
> P.S. All we want for Xmas is plenty of rain.
> >
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