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| + | | shipname = HMHS Carisbrooke Castle | ||
| + | | shipowner = Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London | ||
| + | | shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan | ||
| + | | shipyardnumber = 400 | ||
| + | | shiplaunched = 28 Oct 1897 | ||
| + | | shipcompleted = | ||
| + | | shipinservice = 1898 | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice = | ||
| + | | shipinservice2 = | ||
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| + | | shipfate = October 1922 broken up in Germany | ||
| + | | shiptype = Royal Mail Ship | ||
| + | | shiptonnage = 7,626 tons | ||
| + | | shiplength = 485 ft (147.82m) | ||
| + | | shipbeam = 56 ft (17.07m) | ||
| + | | shipdepth = 32.1 ft (9.7m) | ||
| + | | shippropulsion = single screw | ||
| + | | shipspeed = 16 knots (29.63 kmph) | ||
| + | | shipcapacity = 250 x 1st class and 140 x 2nd class | ||
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| + | ==Remarks== | ||
| + | Laid down as ''Crookston Castle'' she was built for the Union Castle Line, to be used on the Southampton to Cape Town route. From 1910 she was partially retired to the role of reserve steamer to ''RMS Balmoral Castle''. | ||
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| + | Four years later, on 3 Sep 1914 she was commandeered just two day before war was declared, she entered service as a Hospital Ship, operating from 3 Sep 1914 to 26 Aug 1919. She carried 12 Nurses and 38 other ranks to service up to 16 Officer patients, 196 Cots and 227 berths (439 beds). She also at times carried troops in the Mediterranean. | ||
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| − | + | In late 1919 she returned to the Cape Town route until her replacement the ''RMS Windsor Castle'' was completed, when she was laid up at Netley in 1922. | |
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| − | + | ==List of soldiers carried== | |
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| − | + | ===Lemnos to Alexandria 26 - 30 November 1915=== | |
| − | + | * [[William Buck]] | |
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| − | + | ===Lemnos to Alexandria 9 - 11 January 1916=== | |
| + | * † [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]] | ||
| − | + | ===Le Havre to England 10 November 1916=== | |
| − | + | * [[Patrick Michael]] | |
| − | + | ===Le Havre to England 18 December 1916=== | |
| − | + | * [[William Plant]] | |
| − | + | ===Rouen to England 12 January 1917=== | |
| − | + | * † [[William Edgar Rowe]] | |
| − | + | ===Le Havre to England 20 January 1917=== | |
| − | + | * [[Ernest Ball DCM]] | |
| − | + | ===France to England 27 July 1917=== | |
| − | + | * [[Arthur Candish]] | |
| − | + | ===France to England 10 August 1917=== | |
| − | + | * [[Lancel Butcher]] | |
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| + | ===France to England 27 November 1917=== | ||
| + | * [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]] | ||
| − | == | + | ===France to England 2 May 1918=== |
| − | + | * [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]] | |
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| − | + | ===France to England 21 May 1918=== | |
| − | + | * [[William Francis Clements]] | |
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| − | == | + | ===Rouen to England 5 September 1918=== |
| + | * [[Joseph William Smith]] | ||
| − | [[ | + | ===France to England 8 October 1918=== |
| + | * [[George Thomson]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:33, 15 October 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Carisbrooke Castle |
| Owner | Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
| Yard number | 400 |
| Launched | 28 Oct 1897 |
| In service | 1898 |
| Fate | October 1922 broken up in Germany |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Royal Mail Ship |
| Tonnage | 7,626 tons |
| Length | 485 ft (147.82m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17.07m) |
| Depth | 32.1 ft (9.7m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 16 knots (29.63 kmph) |
| Capacity | 250 x 1st class and 140 x 2nd class |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 List of soldiers carried
- 2.1 Lemnos to Alexandria 26 - 30 November 1915
- 2.2 Lemnos to Alexandria 9 - 11 January 1916
- 2.3 Le Havre to England 10 November 1916
- 2.4 Le Havre to England 18 December 1916
- 2.5 Rouen to England 12 January 1917
- 2.6 Le Havre to England 20 January 1917
- 2.7 France to England 27 July 1917
- 2.8 France to England 10 August 1917
- 2.9 France to England 27 November 1917
- 2.10 France to England 2 May 1918
- 2.11 France to England 21 May 1918
- 2.12 Rouen to England 5 September 1918
- 2.13 France to England 8 October 1918
Remarks
Laid down as Crookston Castle she was built for the Union Castle Line, to be used on the Southampton to Cape Town route. From 1910 she was partially retired to the role of reserve steamer to RMS Balmoral Castle.
Four years later, on 3 Sep 1914 she was commandeered just two day before war was declared, she entered service as a Hospital Ship, operating from 3 Sep 1914 to 26 Aug 1919. She carried 12 Nurses and 38 other ranks to service up to 16 Officer patients, 196 Cots and 227 berths (439 beds). She also at times carried troops in the Mediterranean.
In late 1919 she returned to the Cape Town route until her replacement the RMS Windsor Castle was completed, when she was laid up at Netley in 1922.