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Shropshire/Rotorua
The transport shipShropshire
carrying troops to England[1]
History
New Zealand
NameShropshire
OperatorFederal Steam Navigation Company
BuilderJohn Brown & Company,Clydebank,Glasgow,Scotland
Yard number400
Launched27 April 1911
Completed19 September 1911
Maiden voyage1912
In service28 October 1911
Out of service1923
FateTransferred to theNew Zealand Shipping Company[2]
New Zealand
NameRotorua
OperatorNew Zealand Shipping Company
Acquired1923
Out of service11 December 1940
FateTorpedoed and sunk by the German U-BoatU-96on 11 December 1940[2]
General characteristics
Class and typePassenger/cargo steamship
Tonnage11,911 tons
Length526 ft 5 in (160.45 m)
Beam61 ft 5 in (18.72 m)
Depth of hold33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
PropulsionTwin screw
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

HMATShropshire(His Majesty's Australian Transport), originallySSShropshire,was a 11,911-ton vessel, built byJohn Brown and CompanyinClydebank,Glasgow,for theFederal Steam Navigation Company.[2]She was employed on passenger and meat trade betweenNew ZealandandGreat Britain,but due to theFirst World War,she was converted into atroopship.[3][4]She was leased by the AustralianCommonwealth Governmentuntil 5 August 1917, when theBritish Admiraltytook over control of the ship.

Time as a troopship

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Group portrait of officers of theAustralian Field Artillery,in front of theGreat SphinxandpyramidsatGiza,Egypt.All the officers embarked on HMATShropshirefromMelbourneon 20 October 1914.

HMATShropshireundertook the following journeys as atroopshipinWorld War I:[2][5][1]

Later use and fate

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In 1923, the ship was renamedRotoruafor theNew Zealand Shipping Company.[2]On 11 December 1940, it became a casualty ofWorld War Two,when it was torpedoed by the GermanU-boatsubmarineU-49offSt Kilda,with 104 rescued and 21 lives lost.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"The transport ship SS Shropshire carrying troops to England".awm.gov.au.Australia:Australian War Memorial.Retrieved15 October2023.
  2. ^abcde"HMAT A9 Shropshire".birtwistlewiki.com.au.Australia. 14 October 2021.Retrieved15 October2023.
  3. ^"HMAT A9 Shropshire during the Great War".The Wartime Memories Project.Retrieved15 October2023.
  4. ^"Troopships – The Forgotten Ships of WW1".sea.museum.Australian Government.13 February 2014.Retrieved15 October2023.
  5. ^"AWM244 Shropshire – Troopship movement cards, 1914–18 War: HMAT Shropshire (A9)".awm.gov.au.Australia:Australian War Memorial.14 October 2021.Retrieved15 October2023.
  6. ^Lyall, Hilda (1914)."HMAT Shropshire and HMAT Wiltshire sail from Port Melbourne. Aboard the Shropshire is 1277 Gunner..."awm.gov.au.Australia:Australian War Memorial.Retrieved15 October2023.
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