HMAT Wandilla

	SS Wandilla
History
Name	Wandilla (1912–1921); Fort St. George (1921–1935); Cesarea (1935–1938); Arno (1938–1940);
Owner	Adelaide Steamship Company (1912–1921); Bermuda & West Indies SS Company (1921–1935); Lloyd Triestino (1935–1940);
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow
Yard number	506
Launched	25 May 1912
Australia
Name	Wandilla
Operator	Australian Army
In service	1915
Out of service	1918
Fate	Returned to owners in 1918.
Italy
Name	Arno
In service	1940
Fate	Sunk 40 miles off Ras el Tin after being torpedoed on 10 September 1942.
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,785 gross register tons; 4,532 net register tons;
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
Speed	16.36 knots (30.30 km/h; 18.83 mph) maximum; 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) normal;

SS Wandilla was a steamship built in 1912 for the Adelaide Steamship Company. The ship operated on the Fremantle to Sydney run until 1915, when she was acquired for military service and redesignated HMAT Wandilla. Initially used as a troop transport, the vessel was converted to a hospital ship in 1916. Wandilla was returned to her owners at the end of the war, then was sold to the Bermuda & West Indies SS Company and renamed Fort St. George in 1921. She was sold in 1935 to Lloyd Triestino and renamed Cesarea before being renamed Arno in 1938. At the start of World War II, the ship was acquired by the Regia Marina for use as a hospital ship. She was sunk by British aircraft on 10 September 1942.

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