The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
New Zealand Transports of the Main Body
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New Zealand Transports of the Main Body.
Tons | Knots | Port of Departure | Units on Board | Numbers Carried | ||
N.Z.T. No. 3 | “Maunganui” | 7,527 | 16 | Wellington | Headquarters Staff. N.Z. E.F. Headquarters N.Z. Infantry Brigade Field Troop N.Z.E. Wellington Infantry Battalion (West Coast Coy.) N.Z. Mounted Field Ambulance |
38 Officers 528 Men 204 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 4 | “Tahiti” | 7,585 | 17 | Lyttelton | Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regt. Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt. (1 Squadron) Canterbury Infantry Battalion (1 Company) |
30 Officers 611 Men 282 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 5 | “Ruapehu” | 7,885 | 13 | Port Chalmers | Otago Mounted Rifles Regt. (1 Squadron) Otago Infantry Battalion (less 2 Companies and Machine Gun Section) |
31 Officers 785 Men 244 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 6 | “Orari” | 6,800 | 12 | Wellington | Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt. (East Coast Squadron and 2 Troops) Surplus horses from other transports |
16 Officers 269 Men 728 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 7 | “Limerick” | 6,827 | 13 | Wellington | N.Z. Field Artillery Brigade (in part) Wellington Infantry Battalion (No. 7 and 8 Platoons) |
21 Officers 495 Men 348 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 8 | “Star of India” | 6,800 | 11 | Auckland | Auckland Mounted Rifles Regt. New Zealand Field Ambulance |
30 Officers 652 Men 395 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 9 | “Hawkes Bay” | 7,207 | 13 | Port Chalmers | Otago Mounted Rifles Regt. (less 1 Squadron) Otago Infantry Battalion (2 Companies and Machine Gun Section) |
40 Officers 930 Men 569 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 10 | “Arawa” | 9,372 | 12 | Wellington | Wellington Infantry Battalion (less West Coast Coy. and 7 and 8 Platoons) Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt. (less 2 troops) Field Artillery Brigade (in part) Signal Troop N.Z.E. |
59 Officers 1,259 Men 215 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 11 | “Athenic” | 12,234 | 12 | Lyttelton | Headquarters Mounted Rifles Brigade Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regt. (2 Squadrons) Canterbury Infantry Battalion (less 1 Company) |
54 Officers 1,259 Men 339 Horses |
N.Z.T. No. 12 | “Waimana” | 10,389 | 14 | Auckland | Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment Auckland Infantry Battalion N.Z. Signal Company N.Z. Divisional Train |
61 Officers 1,400 Men 496 Horses |
In addition to the units mentioned each transport carried the usual details—Naval Transport Officer, Medical Officers, Chaplains, etc. N.Z.T. No. 1 (s.s. “Moeraki”) and N.Z.T. No. 2 (s.s. “Monowai”) took the Samoan Force in August. 1914.