HMHS Lanfranc
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMHS Lanfranc |
| Owner | Booth Steamship Co. |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Yard number | 189 |
| Launched | 18 Oct 1906 |
| Completed | February 1907 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sank 17 Apr 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / Cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,287 tons |
| Length | 418.5 ft (127.56m) |
| Beam | 52.2 ft (15.91m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22.22 k/h) |
| Capacity | 403 wounded, crew of 123 + 52 medical staff |
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Remarks
Built for the Booth Steamship Company which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus which was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war, she was requisitioned as a hospital ship.
On the evening of 17 April 1917 while she was transporting 234 British and 167 German wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40. 13 British and 15 Germans were lost along with 5 crew and one of the medical personnel.