HMAT Warilda
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Warilda
was built by William Beardmore & Company in Glasgow,
and was launched in December 1911 for the Australian
company Adelaide Steamship Company. After the outbreak of
The Great War she was equipped as a troop transport and
transported soldiers from Australia to Egypt and England
from October 1915 to the summer of 1916. She was then
equipped as a hospital ship and under a journey 3. August
1918 from Le Havre to To England with wounded soldiers,
she was torpedoed by the German uboat UC-49 under command
of Oberluetnant Hans Kükenthal. Her steering was knocked
out and the engine room soon was filled with water She
sank two hours later with 123 casualties. The wreck rest
today on her starboard side on a depth of 42 to 55 meter
35 nautical miles south of Brighton in the English
Channel.
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 Picture: HMS A 69 Warilda Courtesy of Australian War Memorial, Public domain Last updated: July 2019 |
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