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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Built for the London and North Western Railway for their Holyhead to Dublin service.
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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.
  
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.
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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.
 
 
Eventually scrapped in 1925.
 
  
 
==List of soldiers carried==
 
==List of soldiers carried==
  
==Boulogne to England 22 July 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 22 July 1916===
 
*[[William Heath]]
 
*[[William Heath]]
  
==Boulogne to England 8 August 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 8 August 1916===
 
*[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 
*[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
  
==Boulogne to England 14 December 1916==
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===Boulogne to England 14 December 1916===
 
*[[Robert Poole]]
 
*[[Robert Poole]]
  
==Boulogne to England 11 February 1917==
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===Boulogne to England 11 February 1917===
 
*[[John Donald Stalker]]
 
*[[John Donald Stalker]]
  
==Boulogne to England 25 February 1917==
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===Boulogne to England 25 February 1917===
 
*[[Donald Gordon Melville Huggins]]
 
*[[Donald Gordon Melville Huggins]]
  
==Boulogne to England 24 March 1917==
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===Boulogne to England 24 March 1917===
 
*[[Arthur Patrick Joyce]]
 
*[[Arthur Patrick Joyce]]
  
==France to England 4 February 1918==
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===France to England 4 February 1918===
 
*[[Albert Thomas Myers]]
 
*[[Albert Thomas Myers]]
  
==France to England 8 February 1918==
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===France to England 8 February 1918===
 
*[[Aubrey Walter (Swazz) Mead]]
 
*[[Aubrey Walter (Swazz) Mead]]
  
==France to England 21 April 1918==
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===France to England 21 April 1918===
 
*[[Robert Rueben Rodgers]]
 
*[[Robert Rueben Rodgers]]
  
==France to England 17 June 1918==
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===France to England 17 June 1918===
 
*[[Charles Henry Partridge]]
 
*[[Charles Henry Partridge]]
  
==France to England 30 December 1918==
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===France to England 30 December 1918===
 
*[[Ernest Albert Batt]]
 
*[[Ernest Albert Batt]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Revision as of 02:24, 2 July 2019

HMHS Cambria 2.jpg
History
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.

List of soldiers carried

Boulogne to England 22 July 1916

Boulogne to England 8 August 1916

Boulogne to England 14 December 1916

Boulogne to England 11 February 1917

Boulogne to England 25 February 1917

Boulogne to England 24 March 1917

France to England 4 February 1918

France to England 8 February 1918

France to England 21 April 1918

France to England 17 June 1918

France to England 30 December 1918