HMHS Carisbrook Castle
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| History | |
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| Name | HMHS Casrisbrooke Castle |
| Builder/Built | 1894 Fairfields of Glasgow |
| Type | Royal Mail Ship (single screw) |
| Displacement | 7,626 tons |
| Speed | 16 knots |
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
Built for the Union Castle Line, she was used on the Southampton to Cape Town route. She had accommodation for 250 first class passengers, and 140 second class passengers (aft). From 1910 she was partially retired to the role of reserve steamer to RMS Balmoral Castle.
Four years later 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.