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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 | + | 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 | + | 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== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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 Hospital train in foreground transferring patients to Grantully Castle | |
| History | |
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| 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) |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 France to England 24 January 1917
- 2.2 Le Havre to England 11 February 1917
- 2.3 Le Havre to England 24 Feb 1917
- 2.4 Le Havre to England 25 Apr 1917
- 2.5 France to England 27 April 1917
- 2.6 France to England 20 May 1917
- 2.7 Le Havre to England 14 June 1917
- 2.8 France to England 24 October 1917
- 2.9 France to England 15 November 1917
- 2.10 France to England 23 December 1917
- 2.11 France to England 10 June 1918
- 2.12 France to England 21 June 1918
- 2.13 France to England 6 July 1918
- 2.14 Rouen to England 10 July 1918
- 2.15 France to England 16 July 1918
- 2.16 France to England 24 August 1918
- 2.17 France to England 8 November 1918
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
- Bernard O'Reilly Post WW1
Le Havre to England 25 Apr 1917
France to England 27 April 1917
France to England 20 May 1917
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men