HMT (Hired Military Transport) [2][3] Dunera was a British passenger ship which, in 1940, became involved in a controversial transportation of thousands of "enemy aliens" to Australia. The British India Steam Navigation Company had operated a previous Dunera (1891), which served as a troopship during the Second Boer War. [4][5]

Hired Military Transport Dunera was a British passenger ship built as a troop transport in the late 1930s. She also operated as a passenger liner and as an educational cruise ship. Dunera saw extensive service throughout the Second World War. After trials in …

2010年7月10日 · As a wave of fear over a German invasion gripped the nation at the start of World War II, thousands of foreign nationals were kicked out over fears that they might be enemy spies. They were put on...

2006年5月19日 · HMT Dunera. On 10 July 1940, 2542 detainees were embarked aboard the Hired Military Transport (HMT) Dunera at Liverpool bound for Australia. Among the group were 450 German and Italian prisoners of war and a few dozen fascist sympathisers, but the vast majority of the deportees were anti-fascist and two-thirds were Jewish.

HMT (Hired Military Transport) Dunera was a British passenger ship which, in 1940, became involved in a controversial transportation of thousands of "enemy aliens" to Australia. The British India Steam Navigation Company had operated a previous Dunera (1891), which served as a troopship during the Second Boer War.

The HMT Dunera, authorized to transport 1,157 military personnel, set sail from Liverpool to Australia on July 10, 1940. On board were more than 2,000 Jews and political refugees as well as around 451 survivors of the Arandora Star.

The troop ship Dunera was built to hold around 1,600 people. 2546 internees left England – 2542 disembarked in Australia. Escort guard was 7 officers and 309 other ranks. Source: Secretary Department of Navy Teleprinter message D. 89, 14 August 1940, to Secretary Prime Minister’s Department (NAA A1608, A20/1/3 PART 1).

One of the best-known episodes of wartime internment is the story of the HMT Dunera (Hired Military Transport). In July 1940, the Commonwealth government agreed to accept 6,000 internees from the United Kingdom.

Hired Military Transport Dunera was a British passenger ship built as a troop transport in the late 1930s. She also operated as a passenger liner and as an educational cruise ship. Dunera saw extensive service throughout the Second World War and after trials in 1937, she was handed over to the British India Steam Navigation Co .

HMT Dunera, as a troop ship. In 1961/2 the British Government decided to suspend all sea going trooping and only to use air, which left several troop ships unemployed.