Her gross register is 8,000 tons, and her loaded weight 11,300 tons; length 480 feet, beam fifty-nine feet, and depth of hold thirty-five feet.

The “Ayrshire” is a twin-screw vessel of 5,500 horse-power, and her maximum speed is 14.2 knots. Her usual rate of speed, however, is twelve knots, and to attain that she works at about 4,500 indicated horse-power, and consumes from seventy-two to seventy-five tons of coal per day.

21 December 1914 embarked 7th Light Horse Regiment Headquarters, "A" and "B" Squadrons at Sydney.

The 7th Light Horse Regiment sailed to Egypt and disembarked on 1 February 1915.

1 September 1915 embarked Medical Officers at Sydney.

3 July 1916 embarked Medical Officers at Melbourne.

24 January 1917 embarked Medical Officers at Sydney.

15 September 1917 embarked Medical Officers at Sydney.

Service in WW1 - Australian Troop Transport HMAT A33

Ayrshire - Art Gallery

Master

Date

Left

Destination

B Coull

1903 - 1911




4/1905

Liverpool

Australia & New Zealand

W J Page

1911 - 1916




6/1914

Avonmouth

Australia

J Wallace

1916 -



Her permanent bunkers hold 2,000 tons, but she can carry about 800 tons in excess of that quantity.

Her insulating chambers are capable of containing 130,000 average New Zealand sheep carcases, and space is reserved for about 500 tons of chilled meat. There are also four chambers for cheese.

Her refrigerating plant combines the Linde-Ammonia system, together with brine and cold air.

The “Ayrshire” carries about thirty saloon passengers, and 150 in the steerage, and has a crew of eighty-six members, including the captain, four officers, and eight engineers.

28 November 1926 caught fire 7.50N/73.50E & sank 9.12N/73.28E 2nd December 1926 when bound from Brisbane to the UK with cargo of tallow, frozen meat & general goods

Lost after Fire - 1926

28 November 1926:

Abandoned after fire broke out in 07.50N – 73.50E on a voyage from Brisbane to the UK with tallow, frozen meat and general cargo.

2 December 1926:

Sank in 09.12N – 73.28E

Ayrshire

A small pencil sketch of Ayshire 1903 - 1928

Scottish Shire Line was taken over by the Clan Line in 1918.

 Abandoned on fire in the Indian Ocean, crew taken on board steamers AENEAS and CITY OF NAGPUR.

She was eventually sunk as a danger to shipping by HMS LUPIN .

by Jim Rae

Career Summary

1926 Caught fire and sank in Indian Ocean

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Ayrshire (2)

1903

7749

119066

Hawthorn Leslie

Hebburn

NE Marine Engineering

Wallsend

2 x Triple Expansion Steam

893 NHP

5400 IHP

2

Ayrshire (2)

VHTC

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