HMHS St Denis
From Our Contribution
 Anzac-22nd-battalion.com | |
| File:.jpg | |
| 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 |
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. 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.