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| name          = HMHS Grantully Castle
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| image          = [[File:HMHS_Grantully_Castle.jpg|border|600px]]
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| image2        = [[File:HMHS_Grantully_Castle_with_train.jpg]]
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| caption2      =  Hospital train in foreground transferring patients to Grantully Castle
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| shipname =  HMHS Grantully Castle
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| shipowner = Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company of London
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| shipbuilder =  Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow
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| shipyardnumber = 477
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| shiplaunched = 14 Oct 909
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| shipcompleted = 15 Dec 1909
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| shipinservice = 1910
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| shipoutofservice = 20 Jul 1939
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| shipfate = scrapped 1939
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| shiptype = Passenger / Cargo
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| shiptonnage = 7,606 tons
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| shiplength = 450 ft 7 in (137.34m)
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| shipbeam = 54 ft 4 in (16.55m)
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| shipdepth = 30ft 7 in (9.33m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 13 knots (24.08 km/h)
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==Remarks==
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In January 1915 she was being used as a '''troopship''' supporting the atttempt by the British and French Navies to force a passage through the Dardenelles. She waited at Mudros in company with the ''Alnwick Castle'' and ''Balmoral Castle'' for five weeks from 18 March until 23 April 1915 while attempts were made to force the Dardenelles. With the failure of the naval action, they took part in the British landings on the Gallipoli Peninsular in late April 1915. By the time they eventually landed troops, it was for them to meet opposition from a re-inforced Turkish army.
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'''HMHS Grantully Castle''' left the Dardanelles on 1st May 1915 for Malta where she was commissioned as a '''hospital ship''' with 560 beds to service 18 Officers, 184 Cots, 358 Berths. She operated as such from 22 Jun 1915 until 11 Mar 1919, and during 1917 & 1918 she performed a regular service carrying injured and sick troops from French ports across the Channel to English ports, carrying a medical staff of 10 Officers, 15 Nurses and 59 Orderlies/others.
  
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On 11 Mar 1919 she was returned to the Union-Castle Line and served them until she was scrapped in 1939 having had brief periods of being laid up in 1930, 1933 and 1936.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===France to England 24 January 1917===
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* [[Richard Beattie]]
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===Le Havre to England 11 February 1917===
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* [[William Edward McKenna]]
  
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===Le Havre to England 24 Feb 1917===  
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* [[Bernard O'Reilly]] Post WW1
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===Le Havre to England 25 Apr 1917===
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* [[Edward Hobson]]
  
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===France to England 27 April 1917===
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* [[William Thomas Saw]]
  
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===France to England 20 May 1917===
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|  data3  = 1909 Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow
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* [[Robert George McLean]] Post WW1 men
  
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===Le Havre to England 14 June 1917===
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* [[Charles Fielder]]
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* [[Roy Walden King]]
  
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===France to England 24 October 1917===
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* [[Albert William Barratt]]
  
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===France to England 15 November 1917===
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* [[Henry Albert Thorp]]
  
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===France to England 23 December 1917===
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*[[Thomas Allan O'Dea]]
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===France to England 10 June 1918===
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* [[Frank Myales]]
  
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==Remarks==
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===France to England 21 June 1918===
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Owned by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company of London.
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* [[Arthur James Allen]]
  
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Operated as a Hospital Ship from 22 Jun 1915 till 11 Mar 1919.
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===France to England 6 July 1918===
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Medical staff carried included 10 Officers, 15 Nurses and 59 Orderlies/others.
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* [[Robert Frank Bickford]]
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Was able to accommodate 18 Officers, 184 Cots, 358 Berths.
 
  
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On 11 Mar 1919 it was returned to the Union-Castle Line.
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===Rouen to England 10 July 1918===
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Scrapped in 1939
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* [[John Arthur Patterson MM]]
  
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==Soldiers carried==
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===France to England 16 July 1918===
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* [[Alfred Gittins]]
  
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==24 Jan 1917==
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===France to England 24 August 1918===
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*[[Richard Beattie]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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==27 Apr 1917==
 
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*[[William Thomas Saw]]
 
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==14 Jun 1917==
 
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*[[Charles Fielder]]
 
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==24 Oct 1917==
 
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*[[Albert William Barratt]]
 
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==21 Jun 1918==
 
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*[[Arthur James Allen]]
 
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==6 Jul 1918==
 
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*[[Robert Frank Bickford]]
 
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==16 Jul 1918==
 
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*[[Alfred Gittins]]
 
  
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===France to England 8 November 1918===
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* [[Aubrey Turner]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 15 January 2023

HMHS Grantully Castle
HMHS Grantully Castle.jpg
HMHS Grantully Castle with train.jpg
Hospital train in foreground transferring patients to Grantully Castle
History
Name HMHS Grantully Castle
Owner Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company of London
Builder Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow
Yard number 477
Launched 14 Oct 909
Completed 15 Dec 1909
In service 1910
Out of service 20 Jul 1939
Fate scrapped 1939
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo
Tonnage 7,606 tons
Length 450 ft 7 in (137.34m)
Beam 54 ft 4 in (16.55m)
Depth 30ft 7 in (9.33m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 13 knots (24.08 km/h)



Remarks

In January 1915 she was being used as a troopship supporting the atttempt by the British and French Navies to force a passage through the Dardenelles. She waited at Mudros in company with the Alnwick Castle and Balmoral Castle for five weeks from 18 March until 23 April 1915 while attempts were made to force the Dardenelles. With the failure of the naval action, they took part in the British landings on the Gallipoli Peninsular in late April 1915. By the time they eventually landed troops, it was for them to meet opposition from a re-inforced Turkish army.


HMHS Grantully Castle left the Dardanelles on 1st May 1915 for Malta where she was commissioned as a hospital ship with 560 beds to service 18 Officers, 184 Cots, 358 Berths. She operated as such from 22 Jun 1915 until 11 Mar 1919, and during 1917 & 1918 she performed a regular service carrying injured and sick troops from French ports across the Channel to English ports, carrying a medical staff of 10 Officers, 15 Nurses and 59 Orderlies/others.


On 11 Mar 1919 she was returned to the Union-Castle Line and served them until she was scrapped in 1939 having had brief periods of being laid up in 1930, 1933 and 1936.

Soldiers carried

France to England 24 January 1917

Le Havre to England 11 February 1917

Le Havre to England 24 Feb 1917

Le Havre to England 25 Apr 1917

France to England 27 April 1917

France to England 20 May 1917

Le Havre to England 14 June 1917

France to England 24 October 1917

France to England 15 November 1917

France to England 23 December 1917

France to England 10 June 1918

France to England 21 June 1918

France to England 6 July 1918

Rouen to England 10 July 1918

France to England 16 July 1918

France to England 24 August 1918

France to England 8 November 1918

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