gilly100 Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 Hi All Can anyone clue me in on a ship (transport?) named the Sussex? All I know is that from one source it carried troops from Alexandria in Egypt to Lemnos Island prior to the landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Thanks Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 SS Sussex. Cross channel ferry. sunk by torpedo 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 Ian See: http://historytavern.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/ss-sussex.html Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 This Channel ferry does not seem to tie in with the Egypt-Gallipoli run in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 That's not my fault. It's the only info I and Dave have found. Perhaps the OP has not got the correct name? I am sure it would be mentioned on the net if it had been sunk as this one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 Try a different county, the S.S. "Suffolk" certainly did what the OP states. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 The list here looks fairly comprehensive and also includes Suffolk but not Sussex. http://www.gallipoli-association.org/content/men-of-gallipoli/ships-of-gallipoli seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 That's not my fault. Of course not. I did not mean to imply that you were personally responsible for failing to deploy SS SUSSEX to the Aegean in 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharkin56 Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 going to have to look but think there is a photo of sussex in the great war by h w wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 6 June , 2014 Share Posted 6 June , 2014 Of course not. I did not mean to imply that you were personally responsible for failing to deploy SS SUSSEX to the Aegean in 1915. I know you didn't, I should have put an exclamation mark! But it does seem that it is the only 'Sussex' Listed and the OP could have given incorrect name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly100 Posted 7 June , 2014 Author Share Posted 7 June , 2014 Thankyou all very much for your input. Please don't have a blue on my account and poor knowledge of ships and navies! Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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