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HMHS St Denis
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History
Name HMHS St Denis
Owner Great Eastern Railway co, Harwich
Builder John Brown, Clydebank
Yard number 384
Launched 25 Aug 1908
Completed 1908
In service 1908
Out of service 1949
Fate Broken up 2 Mar 1950
General characteristics
Type Ferry / Hospital Ship
Tonnage 2,570 tons
Length 343.0 ft (104.55m)
Beam 43.0 ft (113.11m)
Depth 26.5 ft (8.08m)
Propulsion three screws



Remarks

Owned by Great Eastern Railways, her original name was Munich before it was changed in 1914 to St Denis. She operated on the Harwich - Hook of Holland route from 1908 until she was requisitioned . Used as a Hospital Ship from 12 Oct 1914 until 18 Oct 1919 during and after WW1. Medical staff numbered 4 Officers, 6 nurses and 28 other personnel to service 14 Officers 108 cot patients and 109 in berths.


In 1923 ownership changed to London & North Eastern Railway Company, Harwich. During WW2 her early use was as a troop transport before she was caught in Amsterdam in 1940 and scuttled. The Germans raised her on 1 Nov 1940 and intended to use her as a minelayer. However, the conversion as never completed due to the state of her machinery, and in 1945 when the Allies had recaptured her, she was used as an accommodation ship in Kiel until 1949. She was finally scrapped in 1950.

Soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 26 June 1916

France to England 10 July 1916

Boulogne to England 22 Jul 1916

France to England 12 August 1916

Boulogne to England 15 October 1916

Boulogne France to England 11 April 1917

France to England 16 Apr 1917

France to England 13 July 1917

France to England 2 August 1917

France to England 22 September 1917

France to England 27 September 1917

France to England 6 Oct 1917

France to England 11 October 1917

France to England 17 October 1917

France to England 20 October 1917

France to England 14 Nov 1917

France to England June 1918

France to England 29 October 1918

France to England 22 Dec 1918