Difference between revisions of "HMHS Delta"
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Revision as of 00:09, 26 April 2017
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| Name | HMHS Delta |
| Builder/Built | 1905 Workman Clark at Belfast |
| Type | Hospital Ship |
| Displacement | 8,042 tons |
Remarks
Owned by the Penisular and Oriental Steam Navigation Coy. Acted as a Hospital Ship from 14 Jan 1914 to 19 Mar 1918. Staffed by 6 Medical Officers, 12 Nurses and 45 others staff it was fitted with 287 cots and 210 berths. In 1915 it was used as a Hospital Ship for the Dardanells, and in 1919 as the SS Delta it repatriated Australian troops before being refitted for normal commercial work. 1919 sold for scrap.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 24 January - 28 February 1919
Leith John Newton Angelo
Charles Blunt
Archibald Roland Bunney
Albert Nock
Joseph Smith