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HMHS Dunluce Castle

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History
Name HMHS Dunluce Castle
Builder/Built 1904
Type Hospital Ship
Displacement 8,114 tons
Speed unknown


Remarks

Also served at times as a troopship, especially returning troops to Australia after the Armistice. When in Hospital Ship configuration (6 Jul 1915 - 2 Apr 1919) she carried Medical staff of 10 Officers, 16 Nurses and 74 others. Capable of servicing 223 cots with 480 berths.


List of soldiers carried

Anzac Cove to Alexandria 23 - 30 May 1915

Mudros to Malta 24 - 27 September 1915

France to England 1 January 1917

Le Havre to England 12 Jan 1917

Le Havre to England 9 Feb 1917

England to Egypt 8 - ?? April 1918

Alexandria to Fremantle 7 April 1919 - 7 May 1919

Kantara to Fremantle 17 July 1919 - 17 August 1919