Difference between revisions of "HMHS St Denis"
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| image = [[File:HMHS_St_Denis.jpg]] | | image = [[File:HMHS_St_Denis.jpg]] | ||
| caption = Anzac-22nd-battalion.com | | caption = Anzac-22nd-battalion.com | ||
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| shipname = HMHS St Denis | | shipname = HMHS St Denis | ||
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| shipyardnumber = 384 | | shipyardnumber = 384 | ||
| shiplaunched = 25 Aug 1908 | | shiplaunched = 25 Aug 1908 | ||
− | | shipcompleted = 1908 | + | | shipcompleted = 1908 |
| shipinservice = 1908 | | shipinservice = 1908 | ||
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 2 Mar 1950 |
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| shiptonnage = 2,570 tons | | shiptonnage = 2,570 tons | ||
| shiplength = 343.0 ft (104.55m) | | shiplength = 343.0 ft (104.55m) | ||
− | | shipbeam = 43. | + | | shipbeam = 43.2 ft (13.20m) |
| shipdepth = 26.5 ft (8.08m) | | shipdepth = 26.5 ft (8.08m) | ||
| shippropulsion = three screws | | shippropulsion = three screws | ||
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− | In 1923 ownership changed to London & North Eastern Railway Company, Harwich. | + | In 1923 ownership changed to London & North Eastern Railway Company, Harwich. In 1940, she was used in the evacuation from Holland but became trapped by the advancing Germans and was scuttled at Rotterdam to avoid capture. The Germans raised her on 1 Nov 1940 and intended to use her as a minelayer, naming her ''Barbara''. However, the conversion was never completed due to the poor 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== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Revision as of 15:59, 20 October 2021
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Boulogne to England 26 June 1916
- 2.2 France to England 10 July 1916
- 2.3 Boulogne to England 22 Jul 1916
- 2.4 France to England 12 August 1916
- 2.5 Boulogne to England 15 October 1916
- 2.6 Boulogne France to England 11 April 1917
- 2.7 France to England 16 Apr 1917
- 2.8 France to England 13 July 1917
- 2.9 France to England 2 August 1917
- 2.10 France to England 22 September 1917
- 2.11 France to England 27 September 1917
- 2.12 France to England 6 Oct 1917
- 2.13 France to England 11 October 1917
- 2.14 France to England 17 October 1917
- 2.15 France to England 20 October 1917
- 2.16 France to England 14 Nov 1917
- 2.17 France to England June 1918
- 2.18 France to England 29 October 1918
- 2.19 France to England 22 Dec 1918
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. In 1940, she was used in the evacuation from Holland but became trapped by the advancing Germans and was scuttled at Rotterdam to avoid capture. The Germans raised her on 1 Nov 1940 and intended to use her as a minelayer, naming her Barbara. However, the conversion was never completed due to the poor 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.