Difference between revisions of "HMHS Grantully Castle"
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| − | [[Richard Beattie]] | + | *[[Richard Beattie]] |
==27 Apr 1917== | ==27 Apr 1917== | ||
| − | [[William Thomas Saw]] | + | *[[William Thomas Saw]] |
==14 Jun 1917== | ==14 Jun 1917== | ||
| − | [[Charles Fielder]] | + | *[[Charles Fielder]] |
==24 Oct 1917== | ==24 Oct 1917== | ||
| − | [[Albert William Barratt]] | + | *[[Albert William Barratt]] |
==21 Jun 1918== | ==21 Jun 1918== | ||
| − | [[Arthur James Allen]] | + | *[[Arthur James Allen]] |
==6 Jul 1918== | ==6 Jul 1918== | ||
| − | [[Robert Frank Bickford]] | + | *[[Robert Frank Bickford]] |
==16 Jul 1918== | ==16 Jul 1918== | ||
| − | [[Alfred Gittins]] | + | *[[Alfred Gittins]] |
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Revision as of 12:55, 30 April 2017
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 Hospital train in foreground transferring patients | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Grantully Castle |
| Builder/Built | 1909 Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow |
| Type | Hospital Ship |
| Displacement | 7,606 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Owned by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company of London.
Operated as a Hospital Ship from 22 Jun 1915 till 11 Mar 1919. Medical staff carried included 10 Officers, 15 Nurses and 59 Orderlies/others. Was able to accommodate 18 Officers, 184 Cots, 358 Berths.
On 11 Mar 1919 it was returned to the Union-Castle Line. Scrapped in 1939