Difference between revisions of "HMHS Assaye"
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| − | Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | + | Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Used as a Boer War transport soon after launching, also served during the Boxer Rising in China, before becoming a peacetime Indian troopship. Some commercial use in 1908 - 14 before being hired by the Admiralty first as a troops hip and then as a Hospital Ship. |
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| − | Used as a Boer War transport soon after launching, also served during the Boxer Rising in China, before becoming a peacetime Indian troopship. | ||
| − | Some commercial use in 1908 - 14 before being hired by the Admiralty first as a troops hip and then as a Hospital Ship. | ||
Carried 8 Medical Officers, 10 Nurses and 45 other medical staff to look after up to 8 Officer casualties, 100 in cots, and 333 in berths. Served until 2 Mar 1920. | Carried 8 Medical Officers, 10 Nurses and 45 other medical staff to look after up to 8 Officer casualties, 100 in cots, and 333 in berths. Served until 2 Mar 1920. | ||
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Alexandria - Mudros 4 - 7 December 1915== | + | ===Alexandria - Mudros 4 - 7 December 1915=== |
*[[Harold Stinton]] | *[[Harold Stinton]] | ||
| − | ==Bombay to Cape Town 24 April - 12 May 1918== | + | ===Bombay to Cape Town 24 April - 12 May 1918=== |
*[[Grace Lauritta Lauritz]] | *[[Grace Lauritta Lauritz]] | ||
| − | ==Haifa to Alexandria 9 - 11 October 1918== | + | ===Haifa to Alexandria 9 - 11 October 1918=== |
*[[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]] | *[[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]] | ||
| − | ==Tripoli to Alexandria ? November 1918== | + | ===Tripoli to Alexandria ? November 1918=== |
*[[Francis Leonard Martin]] | *[[Francis Leonard Martin]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 2 July 2019
 Australian War Memorial P01840.007 | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Assaye |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Type | Passenger Liner (twin Screw) |
| Displacement | 7,396 tons |
| Speed | 16 knots |
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Remarks
Owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Used as a Boer War transport soon after launching, also served during the Boxer Rising in China, before becoming a peacetime Indian troopship. Some commercial use in 1908 - 14 before being hired by the Admiralty first as a troops hip and then as a Hospital Ship.
Carried 8 Medical Officers, 10 Nurses and 45 other medical staff to look after up to 8 Officer casualties, 100 in cots, and 333 in berths. Served until 2 Mar 1920.