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On the evening of 17 April 1917 she was transporting wounded from Le Havre to Southampton when she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40.  22 British and 18 Germans were lost.
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On the evening of 17 April 1917 she was transporting 234 British and 167 German wounded from Le Havre to Southampton when she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40.  13 British and 15 Germans were lost along with 5 crew and one of the medical personnel.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==

Revision as of 01:17, 19 October 2021

HMHS Lanfranc
HMHS Lanfranc.jpg
Penwith Local History Group
UB-40.jpg
History
Name HMHS Lanfranc
Owner Booth Steamship Co.
Builder Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Yard number 189
Launched 18 Oct 1906
Completed February 1907
Fate Torpedoed and sank 17 Apr 1917
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo
Tonnage 6,287 tons
Length 418.5 ft (127.56m)
Beam 52.2 ft (15.91m)
Speed 12 knots (22.22 k/h)
Capacity 403 wounded, crew of 123 + 52 medical staff



Remarks

Built for the Booth Steamship Company which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus which was 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war, she was requisitioned as a hospital ship.


On the evening of 17 April 1917 she was transporting 234 British and 167 German wounded from Le Havre to Southampton when she was torpedoed without warning by U-Boat UB-40. 13 British and 15 Germans were lost along with 5 crew and one of the medical personnel.

Soldiers carried

France to England 8 November 1916

Le Havre to England 31 Jan 1917

France to England 6 February 1917