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| shipname = HS Stad Antwerpen
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| shipowner = Belgium Marine Administration
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| shipbuilder = NV Cockerill Ougher, Hoboken, Belgium
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| shipyardnumber = 530
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| shiplaunched = 4 Mar 1913
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| shipcompleted = 6 Jul 1913
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| shipinservice = 11 Aug 1913
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| shipoutofservice = 16 Oct 1934
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| shipID = GQDL
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| shipfate = broken up
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| shiptype = Channel Passenger / Mail Ferry
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| shiptonnage = 1,365 tons
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| shiplength = 300 ft (91.44m)
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| shipbeam = 36 ft (10.97m)
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| shipdepth = 14.6 ft (7.0m)
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| shippropulsion = Triple screw
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| shipspeed = 23 knots (42.6 kmh)
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| shipcapacity = 900 pssengers, later changed to 20 passengers + 60 cars
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==Remarks==
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A Belgium owned ship, she was initially a transport for Allied troops, although in late August 1914 she evacuated 200 wounded from the Osten garrison to Dunkirk and Caen. On 7 Oct 1914 she participated in the evacuation to safety of public officials and refugees before being converted to a Hospital Ship at Le Havre on 17 Oct 1914 after which she was sent to Dunkirk to act as a floaing hospital.
  
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From 26 Aug 1915 she was loaned to the British and used as a hospital ship between Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe and England. Carried 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other medical staff. Could accommodate 16 Officers, 18 in cots, and 131 in berths. One unusual trip was on 8 Aug 1916 when she arrived at Gravesend with exchanged prisoners of war. By 31 Dec 1918 she had completed 431 crossings of the channel carrying wounded.
  
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In mid January 1919 she underwent a refitt before being returned to Regie voor Maritiem Transport Ootende on 25 Jan 1919. She was returned to the Ostend-Dover service, and after seeral small interuptions to service as old at auction on 17 Oct 1934 to Van Heyghen, a Belgium ship breaker who broke her up during 1935.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Calais to England 10 June 1916===
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* [[William Harrington Edward Watson]]
  
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===Calais to England 17 June 1916===
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* [[Alexander Dowle]]
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===Calais to England 10 August 1916===
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* [[Robert George McLean]]
  
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===Calais to England 30 August 1916===
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* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
  
==Remarks==
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===Calais to England 21 November 1916===
A Belgium owned ship, she was converted to a Hospital Ship and served from 2 Oct 1915 till 12 Dec 1919 before returning to peace time role of ferry between Ostend and Dover/Folkestone.
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* † [[Reginald Peter Lewis]]
  
Carried 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other medical staff.  Could accommodate 16 Officers, 18 in cots, and 131 in berths.
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===Calais to England 28 February 1917===
Peacetime capacity of 900 passengers, she returned to her previous role until 1934 when she was sold for scrap.
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* [[George Conway MID]]
  
==Soldiers carried==
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===France to England 13 March 1917===
==Calais to England 10 June 1916==
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* [[John Edward Thomson]]
*[[William Harrington Edward Watson]]
 
  
==Calais to England 17 June 1916==
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===France to England 10 May 1917===
*[[Alexander Dowle]]
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* [[Edward Patrick Thomas O'Brien]]
  
==Calais to England 10 August 1916==
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===Calais to England 14 May 1917===
*[[Robert George McLean]]
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* [[John Harold Coffen]]
  
==France to England 30 August 1916==
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===Calais to England 22 September 1917===
*[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
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* [[Leslie James Godfrey]]
  
==Calais to England 21 November 1916==
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===Étaples to England 28 September 1917===
*[[Reginald Peter Lewis]]
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* [[Ernest Henry Chisholm]]
  
==France to England 13 March 1917==
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===France to England 7 October 1917===
*[[John Edward Thomson]]
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* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
  
==Calais to England 14 May 1917==
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===France to England 11 October 1917===
*[[John Harold Coffen]]
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*[[Rupert Gregg]]
  
==Calais to England 22 September 1917==
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===France to England 18 October 1917===
*[[Leslie James Godfrey]]
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*[[Ernest Ball DCM]]
  
==France to England 7 October 1917==
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===France to England 10 April 1918===
*[[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
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* [[George Harris]]
  
==France to England 11 October 1917==
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===France to England 27 April 1918===
*[[Rupert Gregg]]
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* [[Edward Patrick Barker]]
  
==France to England 14 August 1918==
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===France to England 14 August 1918===
*[[Sidney Francis Till]]
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* [[Sidney Francis Till]]
  
  

Latest revision as of 18:16, 11 October 2023

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HS Stad Antwerpen 1.jpg

Remarks

A Belgium owned ship, she was initially a transport for Allied troops, although in late August 1914 she evacuated 200 wounded from the Osten garrison to Dunkirk and Caen. On 7 Oct 1914 she participated in the evacuation to safety of public officials and refugees before being converted to a Hospital Ship at Le Havre on 17 Oct 1914 after which she was sent to Dunkirk to act as a floaing hospital.


From 26 Aug 1915 she was loaned to the British and used as a hospital ship between Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe and England. Carried 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other medical staff. Could accommodate 16 Officers, 18 in cots, and 131 in berths. One unusual trip was on 8 Aug 1916 when she arrived at Gravesend with exchanged prisoners of war. By 31 Dec 1918 she had completed 431 crossings of the channel carrying wounded.


In mid January 1919 she underwent a refitt before being returned to Regie voor Maritiem Transport Ootende on 25 Jan 1919. She was returned to the Ostend-Dover service, and after seeral small interuptions to service as old at auction on 17 Oct 1934 to Van Heyghen, a Belgium ship breaker who broke her up during 1935.


Soldiers carried

Calais to England 10 June 1916

Calais to England 17 June 1916

Calais to England 10 August 1916

Calais to England 30 August 1916

Calais to England 21 November 1916

Calais to England 28 February 1917

France to England 13 March 1917

France to England 10 May 1917

Calais to England 14 May 1917

Calais to England 22 September 1917

Étaples to England 28 September 1917

France to England 7 October 1917

France to England 11 October 1917

France to England 18 October 1917

France to England 10 April 1918

France to England 27 April 1918

France to England 14 August 1918