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| shipname = HMHS Dunluce Castle
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| shipowner = Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
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| shipbuilder = Harland & Wolff, Belfast
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| shiplaunched = 31 Mar 1904
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| shipcompleted = 15 Sep 1904
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| shipinservice = 1904
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| shipoutofservice = 1945
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| shipreclassified = 1939 accommodation ship
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| shipfate = Scrapped 1945
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| shiptype = Passenger ship
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| shiptonnage = 8,114 tons
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| shiplength = 475 ft (144.78m)
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| shipbeam = 56 ft 6 in (17.22m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
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==Remarks==
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Built for the Intermediate service to India and in January 1910 undertook the first London-Cape-Delgoa Bay- Mombasa sailing.
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In August 1914 she became a troopship and took part in the famous six ship Union-Castle convoy which brought 4000 troops to Europe. She was commissioned as a hospital ship for 755 patients on 6 Jul 1915 and at Gallipoli and Mudros acted as a transfer ship. In 1916 she was back in the Mediterranean for service which included voyages from the Adriatic to North Africa with wounded Serbs. On 23 Feb 1917 she was stopped by a U-boat and after checking that she was complying with the Hague Convention was allowed to proceed. 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 52 Officers; 223 cots; and 480 berths.
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==Remarks==
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She returned to commercial service on 2 Apr 1919 and resumed her original run until 1931.  In July 1939 she was sold for breaking up but acquired by the Admiralty for use as an accommodation ship for small vessels first in the River Humber and then at Scapa Flow. Finally broken up by Thos.W. Ward and Inverkeithing in 1945.
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==
 
==List of soldiers carried==
  
==Anzac Cove to Alexandria 23 - 30 May 1915==
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===Anzac Cove to Alexandria 23 - 30 May 1915===
*[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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* [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
  
==Mudros to Malta 24 Sep 1915 - 26 Sep 1915==
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===Mudros to Malta 24 - 27 September 1915===
 
*[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
 
*[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
 
*[[Frederick Fancote]]
 
*[[Frederick Fancote]]
  
==1 Jan 1917 France to England==
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===Le Havre to England 1 January 1917===
 
*[[William Harold Raynor]]
 
*[[William Harold Raynor]]
  
==Alexandria to Fremantle 7 Apr 1919 - 7 May 1919==
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===Le Havre to England 12 Jan 1917===
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* [[Charles Frederick McKay]]
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===Le Havre to England 9 Feb 1917===
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* † [[Arthur Thomas Feast]]
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===England to Egypt 8 - ?? April 1918===
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*[[Arnold Thorp]]
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===Alexandria to Fremantle 7 April 1919 - 7 May 1919===
 
*[[Arthur James Allen]]
 
*[[Arthur James Allen]]
 
*[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 
*[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
  
==Kantara to Fremantle 17 Jul 1919 - 17 Aug 1919==
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===Kantara to Fremantle 17 July 1919 - 17 August 1919===
 
*[[Edward Henson Broadhurst]]
 
*[[Edward Henson Broadhurst]]
 
*[[George Ezra Bunney]]
 
*[[George Ezra Bunney]]
 
*[[Patrick O'Flaherty]]
 
*[[Patrick O'Flaherty]]
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[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 17:46, 9 January 2023

HMHS Dunluce Castle
HMHS Dunluce Castle.jpg
HMHS Dunluce Castle 1.jpg
IWM FL 11017
History
Name HMHS Dunluce Castle
Owner Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
Builder Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched 31 Mar 1904
Completed 15 Sep 1904
In service 1904
Out of service 1945
Reclassified 1939 accommodation ship
Fate Scrapped 1945
General characteristics
Type Passenger ship
Tonnage 8,114 tons
Length 475 ft (144.78m)
Beam 56 ft 6 in (17.22m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)


Remarks

Built for the Intermediate service to India and in January 1910 undertook the first London-Cape-Delgoa Bay- Mombasa sailing.


In August 1914 she became a troopship and took part in the famous six ship Union-Castle convoy which brought 4000 troops to Europe. She was commissioned as a hospital ship for 755 patients on 6 Jul 1915 and at Gallipoli and Mudros acted as a transfer ship. In 1916 she was back in the Mediterranean for service which included voyages from the Adriatic to North Africa with wounded Serbs. On 23 Feb 1917 she was stopped by a U-boat and after checking that she was complying with the Hague Convention was allowed to proceed. 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 52 Officers; 223 cots; and 480 berths.


She returned to commercial service on 2 Apr 1919 and resumed her original run until 1931. In July 1939 she was sold for breaking up but acquired by the Admiralty for use as an accommodation ship for small vessels first in the River Humber and then at Scapa Flow. Finally broken up by Thos.W. Ward and Inverkeithing in 1945.


List of soldiers carried

Anzac Cove to Alexandria 23 - 30 May 1915

Mudros to Malta 24 - 27 September 1915

Le Havre 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