Western Australia


Master

From

To

W B Dyer

5/1917


E G Hughes

10/1917


E J Holl

10/1917

11/1917

E A Sylvester

12/1917


E G Hughes

12/1917

1/1918

W Black

12/1917

1/1918

E W Day

1/1918


D Graham

6/1918

7/1918

G J Whitfield

7/1918


C B Imlah

10/1918


Career Summary

1917 - 19 Managed by Union-Castle as Ambulance Transport

On 28 January 1918 Hazard was cut in two by the hospital ship SS Western Australia in thick fog in the eastern Solent about one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Warner buoy, and sank with the loss of four crew

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Western Australia

1901

2937

161302

Stabilimento Tecnico

Trieste

Stabilimento Tecnico

Trieste

2 x Triple Expansion Steam

5000 IHP

2

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