HMHS Brighton

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History
Name	HMHS Brighton
Builder/Built	1903 W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
Type	steamship cross channel ferry (triple screw)
Displacement	1,384 tons
Speed	21 knots

Remarks

Owned by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway before and after her WW1 service. Used on the Newhaven - Dieppe route.

In 1914, Brighton was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a troopship. She was later used as a hospital ship. On 19 December 1914, she rescued the survivors of the naval trawler HMT Orianda, which had been sunk by a mine in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Brighton carried the American President Woodrow Wilson back to Dover after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1930, Brighton was sold to Mr W E Guinness, who converted her to a private yacht named Roussalka.

Soldiers carried

France to England 11 June 1916

• John Alexander Spilsbury

Calais, France to England 1 Aug 1916

• Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)

Calais to England 29 August 1916

• William Stephens

Calais to England 12 August 1916

• Ivor Trehane Birtwistle Post WW1 men

Calais to England 20 August 1916

• Francis Crowe

Calais to England 21 August 1916

• Walter David Francis Kerridge

Calais to England 1 September 1916

• Matthew Harwood

Calais to England 5 June 1917

• Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney

Calais to England 25 Jul 1917

• William John Bennett

France to England 23 Sep 1918

• Bernard O'Reilly Post WW1

Calais, France to England 22 Oct 1917

• Edward Joseph King