HMHS Grantully Castle
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 Hospital train in foreground transferring patients to Grantully Castle | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 and while at Mudros during the Gallipoli campaign, in company with the Alnwick Castle, and Balmoral Castle, was held for five weeks from 18th March when the troops, because of mines, were unable to force the Dardanelles straits until 23rd April when they eventually landed to oppose a re-inforced Turkish army.
She left the Dardanelles on 1st May 1915 for Malta where she was commissioned as a hospital ship with 560 beds in the form of 18 Officers, 184 Cots, 358 Berths. She operated as such from 22 Jun 1915 until 11 Mar 1919. She carried medical staff of 10 Officers, 15 Nurses and 59 Orderlies/others
On 11 Mar 1919 it was returned to the Union-Castle Line and served them until she was scrapped in 1939.
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