HMAT Warilda
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HMAT Warilda (His Majesty's Australian Transport) was a 7713-ton vessel, built by William Beardmore and Company in Glasgow as the SS Warilda for the Adelaide Steamship Company.[2] She was designed for the East-West Australian coastal service, but following the start of the First World War, she was converted into a troopship and later, in 1916, she was converted into a hospital ship.
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Name | Warilda |
Operator | Adelaide Steamship Company |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow |
Yard number | 505 |
Launched | 5 December 1911 |
Maiden voyage | 1912 |
Fate | Torpedoed by German U-boat UC-49 on 3 August 1918.[1] |
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Tonnage | 7713 tons gross |
Length | 411 feet 3 inches (125.35 m) |
Beam | 56 feet 7 inches (17.25 m) |
Draught | 34 feet 1 inch (10.39 m) |
Installed power | 626 nhp on 6 coal-fired boilers |
Propulsion | Twin quadruple expansion engines |
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Her identical sister ships, also built by William Beardmore and Company, were SS Wandilla (1912) and SS Willochra (1913).[citation needed]