Difference between revisions of "HMHS Cambria"
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| Name | HMHS Cambria |
| Builder/Built | 1897 William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, Glagow |
| Type | Irish Sea Ferry |
| Displacement | 1,862 tons |
Remarks
Built for the London and North Western Railway for their Holyhead to Dublin service.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 as an Armed Boarding Steamer, and converted to a Hospital Ship after 21 Jul 1915. Worked the Dover to France service until May 1917 when she transferred to Holyhead to act as a hospital carrier between there and Dublin.
Returned to the cross Channel route in December 1917, this time as a troop carrier, before again moving back to the Holyhead - Dublin route as a troop carrier in February 1918.
Eventually scrapped in 1925.