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HMAT Warilda (His Majesty's Australian Transport) was a 7713-ton vessel, built by William Beardmore and Company in Glasgow as the SS Warilda for the Adelaide Steamship Company. [2] She was designed for the East-West Australian coastal service, but following the start of the First World War , she was converted into a troopship and later, in 1916 ...
HMHS Donegal – On 17 April the British hospital ship was torpedoed by UC-21 19 nautical miles (35 km) south of the Dean lightship while en route from Le Havre for Southampton. 40 of those aboard were lost. [31] 40 Navy 1916 Austria-Hungary: HS Tirol – On 16 April the Austrio-Hungarian hospital ship struck a mine off Durazzo killing 40. The ...
The earliest record of British hospital ship was Goodwill, which briefly accompanied a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean in 1608 or 1609. [1] [2] From 1665 the Royal Navy formally maintained two hospital ships at any time, these being either hired merchant ship or elderly sixth rates, modified from their original design by the removal of internal bulkheads and addition of ports cut ...
HMHS Huntley [A 2] UK 21 December 1915.75 miles (1.21 km) off the Boulogne LV. Torpedoed by German U-boat UB-10: 2 [15] [16] HMHS Britannic: UK: 21 November 1916: Aegean sea : Struck a mine laid by a German U-boat U-73: 30 [5] HMHS Dover Castle: UK 26 May 1917
HMS Southampton (1693) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked at Jamaica in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771. HMS Southampton (1757) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757, and wrecked in 1812. HMS Southampton (1820) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull ...
Southampton Corporation acquired the passenger ship, City of Adelaide, and moored it just off Millbrook Point to provide further isolation facilities in 1893. [1] At a meeting of the Local Board of Health later that year, concern was expressed about the ship being anchored off the point where children played on the beach.
Medicine portal; Transport portal; A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces or navies of various countries around the world, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones.
HMHS may refer to: Humana Military Healthcare Services, an American military health care provider; Her or His Majesty's Hospital Ship, a ship prefix; ...