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Revision as of 22:56, 30 April 2017

HMHS Newhaven
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History
Name HMHS Newhaven
Builder/Built 1911 Forges et Chaniers de la Mediteranee, Le Havre
Type Ferry (steam turbine)


Remarks

During WW1, she was initially used by the French for use as an auxiliary cruiser, but later transferred to the British Flag for use as a Hospital Ship. She carried 3 Medical officers, 4 Nurses and 27 others, to service up 6 Officer patients, 19 in Cots and 138 in Berths. She served in this role from 7 May 1915 to 5 Mar 1919.

Recovered by her owners in 1919 she was, along with her sister the Rouen, the mainstay of the French side of the Newhaven-Dieppe cross channel service during the 1920's and 30's.

The Newhaven was taken over by the Germans in 1940 and used as a troop transport in the Baltic during World War II. Recovered in 1945, her refitting as a passenger vessel was considered too costly and she was sold for scrap in 1949.


List of soldiers carried

3 August 1916

Aubrey Cecil Dawson

12 August 1916

Frederick Thornton Lindley

?? August 1916

Thomas Bird

23 November 1916

Robert Landen Rayner

Calais to England 15 December 1916

6 April 1918

William Percival Nairn

11 April 1918

Norman Leslie Skewes

to be discovered

Charles Blunt
Albert George Bullock