HMAT Kyarra (A55) alongside a quay. Built in 1903 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Co. ...

Accession Number P07178.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

HMAT Kyarra (A55) alongside a quay. Built in 1903 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, the Kyarra was requisitioned and converted into a hospital ship in November 1914. In March 1915 the Kyarra was converted into a troop transport. After being released from Commonwealth control in January 1918, the Kyarra was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel near Swanage on 26 May 1918.

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