HMHS Grantully Castle
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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
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 3 France to England 24 January 1917
- 4 Le Havre France to England 11 February 1917
- 5 Le Havre France to England 25 Apr 1917
- 6 France to England 27 April 1917
- 7 France to England 20 May 1917
- 8 Le Havre to England 14 June 1917
- 9 France to England 24 October 1917
- 10 France to England 10 June 1918
- 11 France to England 21 June 1918
- 12 France to England 6 July 1918
- 13 France to England 16 July 1918
- 14 France to England 24 August 1918
- 15 France to England 8 November 1918
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
Soldiers carried
France to England 24 January 1917
Le Havre France to England 11 February 1917
Le Havre France to England 25 Apr 1917
France to England 27 April 1917
France to England 20 May 1917
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men