Difference between revisions of "HMHS Carisbrook Castle"
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| + | {{Infobox ship | ||
| + | | image = [[File:HMHS_Carisbrooke_Castle.jpg|border|600px]] | ||
| + | | caption = | ||
| + | | image2 = [[File:Carisbrook_Castle_1.jpg]] | ||
| + | | caption2 = | ||
| + | | shipname = HMHS Carisbrooke Castle | ||
| + | | shipowner = Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. - D. Currie & Co., London | ||
| + | | shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan | ||
| + | | shipyardnumber = 400 | ||
| + | | shiplaunched = | ||
| + | | shipcompleted = 28 Oct 1897 | ||
| + | | shipinservice = 1898 | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice = | ||
| + | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
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| + | | shipID = | ||
| + | | 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 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Remarks== | ==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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| − | 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. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 15 October 2021
| label3 = Builder/Built | data3 = 1894 Fairfields of Glasgow
| label4 = Type | data4 = Royal Mail Ship (single screw)
| label5 = Displacement | data5 = 7,626 tons
| label6 = Speed | data6 = 16 knots
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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 |
| Completed | 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.