Western Australia

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Western Australia

1901

1917 - 19 Managed by Union-Castle as Ambulance Transport

1918 Collided with and sank HMS Hazard off Portland Bill

2937

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

161302

Stabilimento Tecnico

Trieste

Stabilimento Tecnico

Trieste

2 x Steam 3 Cyl

5000 IHP

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

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

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