The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship, it was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Originally operating brightly lighted and painted, the ship was camouflaged early in 1917, as in this photograph, after Germany stated all vessels operating in the English Channel would be attacked. In May 1917 the Australian crew, apart from officers and engineers, returned home and a British crew signed on. On 3 August 1918 Warilda, loaded with hospital patients and other personnel, was sunk off Le Havre by a German Navy submarine with the loss of 125 lives. See H13972, showing the ship before it was camouflaged.
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda (camouflaged) at anchor in Southampton water, off Netley. The Warilda was requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in June
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda anchored at Salonica. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an A
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in 1916-06 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Original
HMAT Warilda in Sydney Harbour when she was first commissioned as a troopship. (Peace time colours). The ship was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an
The hospital troopship HMAT Warilda (A69), which was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Originally operating with a brightly colou
Hospital ship 'Kanowna' depicts the twin-screw steamer at full steam sailing out of the Mediterranean sea at dawn with a destroyer accompanying it in the background as an escort. The 'Kanowna' was bui
