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| shipname = HS Princesse Elisabeth
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| shipowner = Belgium State Railway
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| shipbuilder = Cockerill's of Hoboken
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| shipyardnumber = 443
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| shiplaunched = 1905
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| shipinservice = 11 Sep 1905
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| shiptonnage = 1,767 tons
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| shiplength = 114.30m
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| shipbeam = 12.20m
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| shipdepth = 7.07m  draught 2.90m
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| shippropulsion = Tripple screw
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| shipspeed = 22.25 knots (41.2 kmh)
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| shipcapacity = 1,100 passengers
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==Remarks==
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Owned by the Belgian government, built 1905 and used on the cross channel service from Ostende to England - crossing time was 2 hours 50 minutes.
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She was undergoing a refit at the time of the German invasion of Belgium and needed to be towed to London in August 1914. A refit, which included new engines was completed in November 1916 after which she was loaned for use as a 300 berth hospital ship on the cross channel service between 8 November 1916 and April 1917 and again between 11 January 1919 and September 1919. Hired by the British government, like most hospital ships, she was not part of the Royal Navy or army. In all she made 575 journeys transferring wounded from the continet to England, and in return carying reinforcements back to France.
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From January until 2 Sep 1919 she assisted with repatriating British troops after which she was handed back to Belgium authorities for a refit. By December 1919 she was again operating as a cross channel ferry. At the end of 1930 she was laid up in Ostend and in 1931 sold for scrap, with breaking up commencing in 1933.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Boulogne to England 7 April 1917===
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*[[Daniel Adkins Lewis]]
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===France to England 15 May 1917===
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*[[Michael Dennis O'Rourke]]
  
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===France to England 10 Aug 1917===
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* [[Leith John Newton Angelo]]
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===France to England 20 August 1917===
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*[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
  
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===France to England 23 September 1917===
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*[[John Hall]]
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===France to England 18 October 1917===
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*[[Richard Evans MM]]
  
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===France to England 17 November 1917===
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*[[Thomas Henry William Denny]]
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*[[Daniel Adkins Lewis]]
  
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===France to England 29 November 1917===
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*[[Nicholas Joseph Rosekelly]]
  
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===France to England 7 April 1918===
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*[[Sidney Herrick Carter]]
  
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===France to England 23 April 1918===
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*[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
  
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===France to England 26 August 1918===
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*[[Leith John Newton Angelo]]
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===Le Havre to England 21 October 1918===
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*[[John James Thorpe]]
  
==List of soldiers carried==
 
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 18:21, 11 October 2023

HS Princesse Elisabeth
HS Princesse Elisabeth.jpg
HS Princesse Elisabeth 1.jpg
History
Name HS Princesse Elisabeth
Owner Belgium State Railway
Builder Cockerill's of Hoboken
Yard number 443
Launched 1905
In service 11 Sep 1905
General characteristics
Tonnage 1,767 tons
Length 114.30m
Beam 12.20m
Depth 7.07m draught 2.90m
Propulsion Tripple screw
Speed 22.25 knots (41.2 kmh)
Capacity 1,100 passengers



Remarks

Owned by the Belgian government, built 1905 and used on the cross channel service from Ostende to England - crossing time was 2 hours 50 minutes.


She was undergoing a refit at the time of the German invasion of Belgium and needed to be towed to London in August 1914. A refit, which included new engines was completed in November 1916 after which she was loaned for use as a 300 berth hospital ship on the cross channel service between 8 November 1916 and April 1917 and again between 11 January 1919 and September 1919. Hired by the British government, like most hospital ships, she was not part of the Royal Navy or army. In all she made 575 journeys transferring wounded from the continet to England, and in return carying reinforcements back to France.


From January until 2 Sep 1919 she assisted with repatriating British troops after which she was handed back to Belgium authorities for a refit. By December 1919 she was again operating as a cross channel ferry. At the end of 1930 she was laid up in Ostend and in 1931 sold for scrap, with breaking up commencing in 1933.

Soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 7 April 1917


France to England 15 May 1917


France to England 10 Aug 1917


France to England 20 August 1917

France to England 23 September 1917

France to England 18 October 1917

France to England 17 November 1917

France to England 29 November 1917

France to England 7 April 1918

France to England 23 April 1918

France to England 26 August 1918

Le Havre to England 21 October 1918