HMHS St David
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History | |
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Name | HMHS St David |
Builder | John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
Launched | 1906 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2,531 tons |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Boulogne to England 4 August 1916
- 2.2 Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916
- 2.3 Boulogne to England 2 December 1916
- 2.4 Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917
- 2.5 Boulogne to England 8 June 1917
- 2.6 France to England 12 June 1917
- 2.7 France to England 23 June 1917
- 2.8 Boulogne to England 3 July 1917
- 2.9 France to England 8 August 1917
- 2.10 Rouen to England 16 August 1917
- 2.11 France to England 27 August 1917
- 2.12 France to England 30 August 1917
- 2.13 France to England 28 April 1918
- 2.14 France to England 23 October 1918
Remarks
Built for the Great Western Railway to carry rail passengers from Fishguard to Rosslare (Ireland).
Fitted out as a Hospital Ship during WW1, with a Medical staff of 4 Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other ranks she could accommodate 14 Officer wounded, 23 in Copts, and 157 in Berths. One of the few that served the entire war period from 19 Aug 1914 - 16 Jan 1919.
Renamed the Rosslare in 1932 then scrapped the next year.
Soldiers carried
Boulogne to England 4 August 1916
Boulogne to England 31 Aug 1916
Boulogne to England 2 December 1916
Rouen, France to England 16 May 1917
Boulogne to England 8 June 1917
France to England 12 June 1917
France to England 23 June 1917
Boulogne to England 3 July 1917
France to England 8 August 1917
Rouen to England 16 August 1917
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men