| HMS Suva | |
|---|---|
 Suva, circa 1919 | |
| Career | |
| Name: |
Suva (1906-1928) Sirius (1928-1929) Bohol (1929-1941)[1] |
| Namesake: | Suva, Bohol |
| Operator: |
Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (1906-1928) Madrigal and Company (1928-1929) Fernandez Bros (1929-1941) |
| Launched: | 1906 |
| Career (United Kingdom (RN)) |  |
| Name: | HMS Suva |
| Commissioned: | 20 July 1915 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 December 1919 |
| Fate: | Commissioned in RAN |
| Career (Australia (RAN)) | |
| Name: | HMAS Suva |
| Commissioned: | 23 June 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1919 |
| Fate: | returned to Australasian United Steam Navigation Company |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,126 gross tonnage[2] |
| Length: | 300.3 ft (92 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 41.1 ft (13 m)[2] |
| Depth: | 11.8 ft (4 m)[2] |
| Armament: |
3 x 4.7 inch naval guns (1915) 2 x 3 pounder naval guns (1919)[3] |
HMS Suva was an Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy during World War I. She was also commissioned briefly into the Royal Australian Navy before being returned to her owners.[3] She was sold in 1928 and renamed Sirius and sold again in 1929 and renamed Bohol ; she was sunk during a Imperial Japanese air raid on Manila in 1942 during the Second World War.[3]
Career[]
Built by Workman, Clark & Company Ltd, Belfast she was launched in 1906 for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company and used on the Australia-Fiji run and coastal passenger service from Brisbane.[2][3]
She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 20 July 1915 and converted into an armed boarding steamer at Garden Island, New South Wales, armed with two QF 4.7 inch naval guns, with a third fitted in Colombo.[3] Suva was part of the Red Sea Patrol during the First World War and was paid off on 19 December 1919.[4]
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Collage of commemorative photographs, including the visit of Admiral Viscount Jellicoe
She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 23 June 1919, equipped with two QF 3 pounder naval guns, as HMAS Suva, for transporting Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Jellicoe to the Australia Station and Pacific Islands.[3] Suva was paid off on 12 August and was returned to her owners.[4]
Suva was sold in July 1928 to Madrigal and Company, Manila and renamed Siriusand later resold in December 1929 to Fernandez Bros. who renamed her Bohol. She was sunk by a Japanese air attack in Manila Bay on 16 April 1942.
Citations[]
- ↑ "Details of the Ship". Plimsoll ShipData. http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/ship.php?ship_id=39974&name=Bohol. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Lloyds Register". Plimsoll ShipData. http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=45a0160.pdf. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Wilson, p.51.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gilbert, [page needed]
References[]
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- Gilbert, Dr Gregory P. (April 2009), International Journal of Naval History, Volume 8 Number 1.
- Wilson, Michael; Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services, Profile No. 4 - Revised Edition, Topmill Pty Ltd, Marrickville. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8
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