Category: Wiltshire (1912)

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HMAT A18 Wiltshire was built by John Brown of Clydebank, Scotland and completed in 1912 and first came into service in 1912. Eventually falling out of service on the 31st of May 1922, after she ran aground and wrecked in New Zealand.

NOTE: According to the His Majesty's Australian Transports (HMAT) Ships list on the Australian Light Horse Research (The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre) website:

The HMAT A18 Wiltshire weighed 10,390 tons with an average cruise speed of 13.5 knots or 25.00 kmph. It was owned by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 2 October 1917.

• WM244 WILTSHIRE - Troopship movement cards, 1914-18 War: HMAT WILTSHIRE (A18) Troopship and cargo carrier movement cards, 1914-18 War. © Copyright 2023 Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

• WILTSHIRE and Wiltshire from PASSENGERS IN HISTORY: An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 7th of March, 2023

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