 SS Wandilla
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 506 |
| Launched | 25 May 1912 |
| Australia | |
| Name | Wandilla |
| Operator | Australian Army |
| In service | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owners in 1918. |
 Italy | |
| Name | Arno |
| In service | 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk 40 miles off Ras el Tin after being torpedoed on 10 September 1942. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 411 feet 3 inches (125.35 m) |
| Beam | 56 feet 7 inches (17.25 m) |
| Draught | 34 feet 1 inch (10.39 m) |
| Installed power | 626 nhp on 6 coal-fired boilers |
| Propulsion | Twin quadruple expansion engines |
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SS Wandilla was a steamship built in 1912 for the Adelaide Steamship Company. The ship operated on the Fremantle to Sydney run until 1915, when she was acquired for military service and redesignated HMAT Wandilla. Initially used as a troop transport, the vessel was converted to a hospital ship in 1916. Wandilla was returned to her owners at the end of the war, then was sold to the Bermuda & West Indies SS Company and renamed Fort St. George in 1921. She was sold in 1935 to Lloyd Triestino and renamed Cesarea before being renamed Arno in 1938. At the start of World War II, the ship was acquired by the Regia Marina for use as a hospital ship. She was sunk by British aircraft on 10 September 1942.