HMAT Shropshire
HMAT Shropshire (His Majesty's Australian Transport), originally SS Shropshire, was a 11,911-ton vessel, built by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Glasgow, for the Federal Steam Navigation Company. She was employed on passenger and meat trade between New Zealand and Great Britain, but due to the First World War, she was converted into a troopship. She was leased by the Australian Commonwealth Government until 5 August 1917, when the British Admiralty took over control of the ship.
The transport ship Shropshire carrying troops to England | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | Shropshire |
| Operator | Federal Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Yard number | 400 |
| Launched | 27 April 1911 |
| Completed | 19 September 1911 |
| Maiden voyage | 1912 |
| In service | 28 October 1911 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
| Fate | Transferred to the New Zealand Shipping Company |
| New Zealand | |
| Name | Rotorua |
| Operator | New Zealand Shipping Company |
| Acquired | 1923 |
| Out of service | 11 December 1940 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by the German U-Boat U-96 on 11 December 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Passenger/cargo steamship |
| Tonnage | 11,911 tons |
| Length | 526 ft 5 in (160.45 m) |
| Beam | 61 ft 5 in (18.72 m) |
| Depth of hold | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
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