HS Princesse Elisabeth
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Name |
HS Princesse Elisabeth |
Builder/Built | Built for the Belgium Government |
Displacement | 1,767 tons |
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Owned by the Belgian government,built 1905. 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.
Soldiers carried
France to England 17 Nov 1917
France to England 23 April 1918==
France to England 26 August 1918
Daniel Adkins Lewis]] twice