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− | + | | shipname = HMHS Lanfranc | |
− | + | | shipowner = Booth Steamship Co. | |
− | + | | shipbuilder = Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee | |
− | + | | shipyardnumber = 189 | |
− | + | | shiplaunched = 18 Oct 1906 | |
− | | | + | | shipcompleted = February 1907 |
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− | | | + | | shipID = HKDM |
− | + | | shipfate = Torpedoed and sank 17 Apr 1917 | |
− | | | + | | shiptype = Passenger / Cargo |
− | | | + | | shiptonnage = 6,287 tons |
− | + | | shiplength = 418.5 ft (127.56m) | |
− | | | + | | shipbeam = 52.2 ft (15.91m) |
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− | | | + | | shipspeed = 12 knots (22.22 k/h) |
− | | | + | | shipcapacity = 403 wounded, crew of 123 + 52 medical staff |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Built for the Booth Steamship Company which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus which was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. | + | Built for the Booth Steamship Company which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus which was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war, she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. |
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− | On the evening of 17 April 1917 she was transporting wounded from Le Havre to Southampton | + | On the evening of 17 April 1917 while she was transporting 234 British and 167 German wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40. 13 British and 15 Germans were lost along with 5 crew and one of the medical personnel. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | ==France to England 8 November 1916== | + | ===France to England 8 November 1916=== |
*[[Lionel William Gibbs]] | *[[Lionel William Gibbs]] | ||
− | ==France to England 6 February 1917== | + | ===Le Havre to England 31 Jan 1917=== |
+ | *[[Paul Henzell Hemy]] | ||
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+ | ===France to England 6 February 1917=== | ||
*[[Edward (Ned) Gray]] | *[[Edward (Ned) Gray]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 17:24, 15 January 2023
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Built for the Booth Steamship Company which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus which was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war, she was requisitioned as a hospital ship.
On the evening of 17 April 1917 while she was transporting 234 British and 167 German wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40. 13 British and 15 Germans were lost along with 5 crew and one of the medical personnel.