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

Career Summary

1917 - 19 Managed by Union-Castle as Ambulance Transport

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Speed

Western Australia

1901

2937

161302

Stabilimento Tecnico

Trieste

2 x Triple Expansion Steam

5000 IHP

Western Australia

Master	From	To
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

Collision with HMS Hazard - 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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