HMT Galeka
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Galeka |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Glasgow |
| Type | Passenger / cargo ship |
| Displacement | 6,772 tons |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Union-Castle Line and used on the South Afric route until World War 1, when she was used first as a troop ship carrying ANZAC troops to the Gallipoli campaign, and later as a Hospital Ship. As a Hospital Ship she could carry 366 wounded passengers.
On 28 Oct 1916, as she was entering Le Havre she hit a mine laid by the Uboat UC-26. While no patients were aboard at the time, some 19 Royal Army medical Corps personnel perished. Although able to be beached at Cap la Hogue, she was a total loss.
Soldiers carried
Anzac Cove 2 May 1915
- William Edward Reed transfer to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915
- George Young transferred to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915