Difference between revisions of "HMHS St David"
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Revision as of 20:56, 2 May 2017
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| Name | HMHS St David |
| Builder/Built | 1906 John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
| Displacement | 2,531 tons |
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Remarks
Built for the Great Western Railway to carry rail passengers from Fishguard to Rosslare (Ireland).
Fitted out as a Hospital Ship during WW1, with a Medical staff of 4 Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other ranks she could accommodate 14 Officer wounded, 23 in Copts, and 157 in Berths.
One of the few that served the entire war period from 19 Aug 1914 - 16 Jan 1919. Renamed the Rosslare in 1932 then scrapped the next year.
Soldiers carried
Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916
France to England 14 June 1917
Rouen to England 16 August 1917
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men