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History
Name

HS Princesse Elisabeth

Builder/Built Built for the Belgium Government
Displacement 1,767 tons

Remarks

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