HMAS Grantala

HMAS Grantala was a hospital ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War I. She was launched in 1903 by Armstrong Whitworth Company Newcastle upon Tyne as Grantala for the Adelaide Steamship Company. The ship operated in Australian waters from 1904 and was requisitioned by the RAN on 7 August 1914. She was returned to her owners in 1915 sold and renamed Figuig and was later scrapped in 1934.

HMAS Grantala was a hospital ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War I.1

Ship Fate
Broken up in Italy in 1934.
returned to Adelaide Steamship Company
Ship Name
Figuig
Grantala
HMAS Grantala
Ship Launched
1903
Ship Namesake
Grantala - Aboriginal word for Big
Ship Tonnage
3714
Ship Acquired
7
Ship Country
Australia
Operator
Adelaide Steamship Company
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Ship Decommissioned
22
Ship Honours
Rabaul 1914
Status
Broken up in Italy in 1934.
Category
1903 ships
Cruise ships
Hospital ships in World War I
Hospital ships of Australia
Ships of the Royal Australian Navy
Tyne-built ships

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