.
A Convoy in the First World War - A
painting by Herbert Barnard John Everett
illustrated in
Bernard Ireland's "The War At Sea 1914-1945"
(W1) WORLD WAR I:
FIRST AND SECOND CONVOYS FROM
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
First Convoy 1914
I. Australian Contingent
Afric
(A19)
See
White Star (WS)
Anglo-Egyptian
(A25) - 7,379t
sln photo aq
(Nitrate Producers S.S. Co.)
Digital Order No.
a636153
Argyllshire
(A8) - sttwscs
sln photos:
9,564gt 1911
Clydebank
am Digital Order No. a636233
(Scottish
Shire Line)
aq
Digital Order No. a636234
aq Digital Order No.
a636235
uw Digital Order No. a636236
(‘dazzle’ painted)
slv photos:
uw Image No. pc000556
am Image No. pc000554
awm (loaded with troops in
Sydney harbour)
ID No. H18784
awm (casting tow line to a
destroyer after being hit by
torpedo, Feb. 1915-
image faint)
ID No. H12113
awm (passing between
warships to land troops at
ANZAC Cove 25 April 1915
-image faint) ID No. G00894A
nmm photos:
uw No. P.15614 (1916-1919,
camouflage)
uw No. P.15615
am No. P.15616
uw No. P.18366
Armadale (A26)
- 6,153t
1909
See Australind
Glasgow
S.N. Co. Ltd (AU)
Ascanius
(A11)
See Blue Funnel (BF)
Benalla
(A24)
See P&O
(P02)
Clan MacCorquodale
(A6) –
no picture -
(torpedoed and sunk
5,121t 1913
Mediterranean
1917)
(Clan Line)
Euripides
(A14)
See
Aberdeen White Star (AW)
Geelong
(A2)
See Blue Anchor (BA)
Hororata
(A20)
See
New Zealand Shipping
Co. (NZ)
Hymettus
(A1)
See Currie Line (CU)
Karroo (A10) - 6,127t 1913
sln photos:
(Elerman & Bucknall S.S. Co)
aq Digital Order No.a637941
uw Digital Order No. a637942
ut Digital
Order No. a637943
(as transport
September 1916)
Katuna
(A13) - 4,641t 1907
sln photo aq
(Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co)
Digital
Order
No.a637961
Marere
(A21)
See Tyser Line (TY)
Medic (A7)
See White Star (WS)
Miltiades
(A28)
See Aberdeen White Star (AW)
Omrah (A5)
See
Orient Line (OR)
Orvieto
(A3)
See Orient Line (OR)
Pera (III)
(A4) - sttwcs 1f2m
sln photos uw:
7,635gt 1903
Belfast
Digital Order No. a639102
(P&O)
Digital Order No. a639103
awm (tied up in Hobart
to take
on a cargo of apples at start
of WWI when ship was
requisitioned)
ID No. A03211
Port Lincoln
(A17)
See Anglo-Australasian
S.N. Co.(AA)
Rangatira
(II) (A22) – sttwcs
See Shaw, Savill & Albion (SS)
10,118gt 1909 Belfast
Saldanha (A12) - 4,594t
sln photo aq
(Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co.)
Digital Order
No.a639516
Shropshire
(A9)
See
Federal S.N. Co. (FE)
Southern
(A27) - 4,769t
sln
photo uw
(Central Shipping Co.)
Digital Order No. a639649
awm photos:
uw (1914) ID No. H15740
uw (as slow ship in the
convoy)
ID No. G01546
Star of England (A15)
See James
P. Corry & Co. (CO)
Star of Victoria
(A16)
See James P. Corry & Co. (CO)
Suffolk
(A23)
See Federal S.N. Co. (FE)
Wiltshire
(A18)
See
Federal S.N. Co. (FE)
II. New Zealand Contingent
Arawa (II)
(NZ10)
See Shaw, Savill
& Albion (SS)
Athenic
(NZ11)
See Shaw,
Savill & Albion (SS)
Hawkes Bay
(II) (NZ9)
See Tyser Line (TY)
Limerick
(NZ7)
See New Zealand
Shipping
Co. (NZ)
Maunganui (NZ3)
See Union Steamship Co. (UN)
Orari
(II) (NZ6) – sttwscs if2m
slv photo
uw (as troopship)
7,207gt 1906
Dumbar
Image
No. bs004066
(New Zealand Shipping Co.)
Ruapehu (NZ5)
See New Zealand Shipping
Co.
(NZ)
Star of India
(NZ8) – sttwscs 1f2m
See James P. Corry & Co (CO).
7,280gt 1909 Belfast
Tahiti (NZ4)
See Union
Steamship Co. (UN)
Waimana (NZ12)
– sttwscs 1f2m
See Shaw, Savill & Albion (SS)
10,389gt 1911 Belfast
Second Convoy 1915
I. Australian Contingent
Ajana (A31) –
See Australind
S. N. Co. Ltd ( AU)
Ayrshire
(A33) – 7,749t 1903
sln
photos:
(Scottish Shire
Line)
aq
Digital Order No. a636368
am Digital Order No. a636370
am Digital Order No. a636371
ut (as transport 1916)
Digital Order No. a636372
awm photo ut (departing
Melbourne July 1916
ID No. PB179
nmm photos (anchored on
Thames at Tilbury 1903-
1914)
No. G.704
No. G.709
No. G.865
Berrima (A35)
See P&O (PO2)
Borda (A30)
See
P&O (PO2)
Ceramic
(A40)
See White
Star (WS)
Persic
(A34)
See White Star (WS)
Port Macquarie
(A39)
See Anglo-Australian S.N.
Co. (AA)
Suevic (A29)
See White Star
(WS)
Themistocles
(A32)
See Aberdeen White Star (AW)
Vestalia (A44) - 5,528t
nmm photos aq:
(Vestalia S.S. Co. Ltd.)
No. P.13655 (1915-1919
camouflaged)
No. P.30315 (Aug. 1919,
Avonmouth)
Ulysses
(A38)
See Blue Funnel (BF)
Bakara
(ex-Cannstatt) – 5,930t
sln photos
am:
1913 (Deutsche-Australische
Digital Order No. a636375
ship seized and renamed)
Digital Order No. a636378
(‘dazzle’ painted)
sln photo aq
Digital Order
No. a636377
Barambah
(ex-Hobart) - 5,923t
sln photos (as
transport 1916):
1912
(Deutsche-Australische
uw Digital Order
No. a636417
ship seized and renamed)
aq leaving wharf with troops
Digital
Order No. a636418
Boonah
(ex- Melbourne) – 5,926t
sln photos am:
1911 (Deutsche-Australische
(in wartime grey)
ship seized and renamed)
Digital Order No.a636530
Digital Order No. a636531
slq (troopship
departing
Brisbane
1916)
Image
No.44398
Boorara
(ex- Pfalz) - 7,484t
slv photo uw
1913 Vegesack
Image No. b37603
(Norddeutscher Lloyd
slv photo of vessel
beached at
ship seized and renamed)
Lemnos after
being damaged
in 1916
Barunga
(ex- Sumatra) – 7,484t
sln
photos:
1913 (Dutsche-Australische
uw Digital Order No. a636443
ship seized and renamed)
am Digital Order No. a636444
II. New Zealand Contingent
Knight of the Garter
(NZ15) -1902
slv photo (troopship, leaving
(Knight S.S. Co.
Ltd.)
Wellington 1914)
Image No. bs004052
sln photo aq
Digital Order No. a638010
nmm photo am No. P.11259
Verdala
(NZ13) - 1913
nmm photo uw (Thames 1934)
(Istok ex
Mongolian Prince
ex Verdala)
No. P.11016
nmm photo am (Halifax, N.S.
1943 with deck
cargo of timber)
(Maycrest ex Istok
ex Mongolian
Prince
ex Verdala)
Willochra
(NZ14) 7,784t 1913
See Union Steamship Co. (UN)
(Chartered from
Adelaide
Steamship Co.)
Other Ships Requisitioned by the Australian
Government as Transports During WWI
(The list of "Transports" from the page created by Ross Mallet
on the Autralian War Memorial website http://www.awm.gov.au .)
Aenaes (A60)
See Blue Funnel (BF)
Anchisses (A68)
See Blue Funnel (BF)
Ballarat (A70)
See P&O (PO2)
Beltana (A72)
See P&O
(PO2)
Botanist (A59)
- 7,688t
No pics
(Charente S.S. Co.)
Bulla (A45)
- (ex-Hessen)
slv photos (ship 'dazzle'
(Nord-deutscher
Lloyd
painted):
ship seized and renamed)
uw Image No. b39533
5098t 1905 Geestemunde
ut Image
No.b42625
sln photo uw
Digital Order
No.a636607
Chilka (II) (A51) sttwscs if2m Photo, (No. 232) P.102
3,952gt 1910 Glasgow
(beached off Baruva 1917)
(British
India S.N. Co.)
W.A. Laxon & F.W.Perry's
"B.I.- The
British India
Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd"
(World Ship
Society, Kendal
1994)
Clan Macewen (A65) 5,140t 1912 nmm photo No. P.753
(Clan Line)
Clan MacGillivray (A46) 5,023t sln photos:
1911 (Clan Line)
am Digital
Order
No. a636979
uw Digital Order
No. a636980
awm photo (leaving
Brisbane
with troops)
No. HO2222
slv photo uw
Image
No.b38071
nmm photo uw No.
P.15694
(probably before
World
War II)
nmm photo aq No. G.3794
(1939-1945)
Commonwealth (A73)
See Blue Anchor (BA)
Demosthenes (A64)
See Aberdeen White
Star (AW)
Itonus (A50)
See Currie Line (CU)
Itria (I) (A53) -
No pics
5,267gt 1901 Glasgow
(British India S.N. Co.)
Kabinga (A58) 4,657t 1907
slv photo am
(Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co.) Image No. pc000664
Kanowna (A61) - sttwscs 6.942t awm photos
1903 Dumbarton
(as hospital ship)
(AUSN
Co.)
uw ID No. C01054
am ID
No.P03968.001
naa photo (leaving
Cairns
with troops
August 1914)
Image No.J2879,
QTH544
Karoola (A63) - 7,391gt
sln photo uw
1909 Belfast
Digital Order
No. a637937
(McIlwraith,
McEacharn) sln photos (as hospital ship
August 1916)
ut Digital
Order
No. a637939
uw Digital Order
No. a637940
slsa photos uw:
(1909) No. B47718
(1912) No. B61168
(c.1930)
No.B10057
Kyarra (A55) - sttwscs 6,953t
sln photos (as hospital ship):
1903 Dumbarton
uw (leaving wharf)
(AUSN
Co.)
Digital Order
No. a638064
am Digital Order
No. a638065
uw Digital
Order
No. a638066
sln postcard illustration
uw
(as hospital
ship) uw
Digital Order No. a638063
(as commercial
vessel)
Digital
Order No. a638062
slsa postcard
illustrations
1900 uw No.B44367
1906 uw No. B26983
Marathon (A74)
See Aberdeen White
Star (AW)
Mashobra (I) (A47) - sttwcs if2m Photo (No. 271) P. 121
8,173gt
1914 Glasgow
(sinking April 1917)
(British India S.N. Co.)
Laxon &
Perry op. cit.
Malakuta (A57) - 7,205t
sln photo aq
1914 Glasgow
Digital Order
No. a638303
(Brocklebank)
Nestor (A71)
See Blue Funnel (BF)
Orsova (A67)
See Orient Line (OR)
Palermo (A56) - sttwscs 1f2m
sln
photo am
7,597gt 1903 Glasgow
Digital Order No. a639050
(P&O)
awm (as troopship leaving
wharf at Brisbane 1915)
ID No. H02227
nmm
photo am No. P.17989
Runic (A54)
See White Star (WS)
Seang Bee (A48) - 5,849t
sln photo am
(C.T. Lim, Rangoon)
Digital
Order No. a639565
slq photo
(farewelling at
wharf) Image No. 82596
Seang Choon (A49) - 5,807t
awm photo (as troopship
(C.T. Lim, Rangoon)
shortly after leaving
wharf at
Brisbane 1915)
ID No. H02243
sln photo am
Digital
Order No. a639566
Surada (I) (A52) - stscs 1f2m No pics.
5,236gt 1902 Dumbarton
(British India S.N. Co.)
Uganda (I) (A66) - stscs 1f2m Photo, (No. 177) P. 80,
5,366gt
1898 Glasgow
Laxon & Perry op.
cit.
(British India S.N. Co.)
Wandilla (A62)
- 7,785gt sln photos uw:
1912 Dalmuir
Digital Order No.
a640206
(Adelaide
S.S. Co.)
Digital
Order No. a640208
Digital Order No. a640210
Digital Order No. a640211
sln photo
aq
Digital Order No. a640207
sln postcard illustration uw
Digital Order No. a640209
slv photo (embarking troops
June 1916)
Image No. a17540of New Zealand
slv photo
uw
Image No. b36881
awm
photo (as hospital ship
c.1919) ID No.P02198.008
Warilda (A69) - 7,713gt
sln photos uw:
1912 Dalmuir
Digital Order No. a640235
(Adelaide
S.S. Co.)
Digital Order No. a640236
Digital Order No. a640238
Digital Order No. a640241
Digital Order No. a640242
sln photo
(as departing troop
transport February 1916)
Digital Order No.a640243
sln postcard illustration uw
(as hospital ship)
Digital Order No. a640244
awm photo (as transport
departing May 1916)
ID No.
PB1174
awm photo
(after conversion
to hospital ship later in
1916) ID
No. H13972
awm photo am (after
'dazzle' painted in
1917 ) ID No. A02847
Other Ships from the Ross Mallet List Employed as Troop Transports
for Australian forces in World War I (Mostly only ships' names are
provided. The following is an attempt to further identify the ships
on this list and where pictures can be found.)
Balmoral Castle - 1910 13,361gt
nmm photo uw No. P.18821
(Union-Castle Mail S. S. Co.)
nmm photo uw camouflaged
No.
P.18823 (1914-1919)
Canberra -twscs 7,707gt 1913
nla photo uw
Glasgow
(Howard Smith Ltd.)
nla.pic-vn3257581
sln four photos uw
Digital Orders Nos. a636689
- 636692
Carpentaria -
See British
India
Associated
Steamers Ltd (BI)
City of Karachi 1905 5,547gt
slv photo ut camouflage paint
(George Smith & Sons)
Image No. b42509
nmm photo uw No. P,16351
Dorset -
See Federal S.N. Co. (FE)
Essex -
See Federal S. N. Co (FE)
Field Marshal (ex Feldmarschall)
- nmm photo am camouflage
1903 (Union-Castle Mail S. S. Co) paint Dar-es-Salaam 1918
Gaika - 1897 6,287gt
nmm photo am as
transport
(Union-Castle Mail S. S. Co)
No. P.19015 (1914-1918)
nmm photo uw No. P.19013
Graechus (probably Gracchus)
See Currie Line (CU)
Hawkes Bay (II) -
See Tyser Line (TY)
(1916 renamed Port Napier)
Kaisar-I-Hind (II) - 11,518gt
1914 nmm photo uw (1925)
Greenock
(P&O)
(distant,
not sharp)
No. P.29497
Photo uw, P.178, in Fleet
History by Rabson and
O'Donoghue
Indarra - twscs 9,735gt
1912
sln photos uw:
Dumbarton (AUSN Co)
Digital Order No.
a637787
Digital Order
No.
a637788
Katoomba - trscs 9,424gt 1913 sln photos:
Belfast
(McIlwraith McEacharn
aq Digital Order No.
Ltd)
a637953
am 'dazzle' painted
Digital Order
No.
a637960
slv
photo camouflage
Image No. a24019
nmm photo uw
(Builders photo)
No. P.11184
Mahana - twscs 11,796gt
1917 Belfast sln three photos:
(Shaw, Savill
& Albion)
uw Digital Order No.
a638245
aq Digital Order No.
a638246
am Digital
Order No.
a638247
nmm photo uw
(probably River Thames)
No.
P.29607 (1925)
Malta (II) - 6,064gt 1895 Greenock
nmm photo No. P.17892
(P&O)
Photo am P.128 Fleet
History by Rabson and
O'Donoghue
Pakeha (II) -
See Shaw,
Savill
&
Albion
(SS)
Port Darwin (II) - 8,179gt 1918
Belfast sln four photos:
(Port Line)
uw Digital Order No.
a639208
ut Digital Order No.
a639207
aq Digital Order No.
a639206
uw Digital
Order No.
a639205
nmm photo uw
No. P.12447
Port Lyttelton (I) (ex-Niwaru) -
See Tyser
Line (TY)
Makarini -
See Tyser Line (TY)
(1916 renamed Port Nicholson)
Rushine (probably
Ruahine II) -
See New Zealand
Shipping Co. (NZ)
Wyreema -twscs 6,338gt 1908
slv photos uw:
Glasgow (AUSN Co)1914-1918 Image No. b41618
Image No. b41623
Zealandic (I) -
See Shaw Savill &
Albion
(SS)
.
Ship details from a variety of sources, including, Duncan Haw's
"Merchant Fleets" series (e.g.for the British India S.N. Co., and
the Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.), Ronald Parsons' "Australian
Coastal Passenger Ships", Peter Plowman's "Passenger Ships of
Australia and New Zealand, Volume I 1876-1912", Edwin Drechsel's
"Nordeutscher Lloyd Bremen 1857-1970", J.F. Gibson's
"Brocklebanks 1770-1950, Vol II" , and shipping company fleet
lists in "http://www.theshipslist.com/"
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