Difference between revisions of "HMHS Formosa"
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HMHS Formosa had made at least one earlier trip, perhaps from Mudros (but as it had British casualties on board, it may have been direct from the Cape Helles landing) to Egypt in August 1915. | HMHS Formosa had made at least one earlier trip, perhaps from Mudros (but as it had British casualties on board, it may have been direct from the Cape Helles landing) to Egypt in August 1915. | ||
| − | ==Mudross to Port Said 14 September to 16 September 1915== | + | ===Mudross to Port Said 14 September to 16 September 1915=== |
| − | *[[John Harold Coffen]] | + | * [[John Harold Coffen]] |
| − | *[[Charles Gorringe]] | + | * [[Charles Gorringe]] |
| − | ==Mudross to Port Said 19 - 21 Sep 1915== | + | ===Mudross to Port Said 19 - 21 Sep 1915=== |
| − | *[[Hugh Henry Smith]] | + | * [[Hugh Henry Smith]] |
| − | ==Le Havre to England 23 November 1916== | + | ===Le Havre to England 23 November 1916=== |
| − | *[[Robert Sang Herd]] | + | * [[Robert Sang Herd]] |
| − | ==Le Havre to England 11 December 1916== | + | ===Le Havre to England 11 December 1916=== |
| − | *[[Thomas Henry Rice]] | + | * [[Thomas Henry Rice]] |
| − | ==Le Havre to England 6 January 1917== | + | ===Le Havre to England 6 January 1917=== |
| − | *[[Percival Charles Witney]] | + | * [[Percival Charles Witney]] |
| − | ==Le Havre to England 1 March 1917== | + | ===Le Havre to England 1 March 1917=== |
| − | *[[Terry de Bohun Helm]] | + | * [[Terry de Bohun Helm]] |
| − | ==Le Havre to England 3 March 1917== | + | ===Le Havre to England 3 March 1917=== |
| − | *[[Clyde Bird]] | + | * [[Clyde Bird]] |
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 02:31, 20 March 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Formosa |
| Builder/Built | 1906 London & Glasgow Co of Newcastle |
| Type | passenger ship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 4,508 tons |
| Speed | 16 knots |
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[hide]Remarks
The French liner "Formosa" was built for Societe General de Transports Maritimes, Marseilles to carry 57 first class passengers, 70 second class, and 44 third class for the South America service.
Commissioned as a Hospital Ship on 23rd June, 1915 with accommodation for 417 patients, and by August 1915 was operating between Mudros and Egypt. She served until 7th July 1919, after which she was returned to Société Général de Transports Maritimes and resumed her commercial career.
Medical staff numbered 63, including 10 Medical officers and 13 Nurses, some of whom were Australian. She could cater for 15 Officer patients, 112 in cots and 290 in berths.
On 25 Oct 1927 the Formosa went to the assistance of the Italian liner Princepessa Mafada which sank with the loss of 314 lives off the coast of Brazil.
Soldiers carried
HMHS Formosa had made at least one earlier trip, perhaps from Mudros (but as it had British casualties on board, it may have been direct from the Cape Helles landing) to Egypt in August 1915.