Difference between revisions of "HMHS Margha"
From Our Contribution
Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | ==England to Fremantle 18 January - 23 February 1919== | + | ===England to Fremantle 18 January - 23 February 1919=== |
− | *[[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] | + | * [[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] |
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Revision as of 16:00, 19 October 2021
File:.jpg | |
History | |
---|---|
Name | HMHS Margha |
Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London |
Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Yard number | 515 |
Launched | 31 Aug 1917 |
Completed | 30 Nov 1917 |
In service | December 1917 |
Out of service | July 1934 |
Fate | scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger / Cargo |
Tonnage | 8,278 tons |
Length | 450.0 ft (137.16 m) |
Beam | 58.2 ft (17.72m) |
Depth | 32.7 ft (9.97m) |
Propulsion | twin screw |
Contents
Remarks
Her owners were the British India Steam Navigation Company, bu ton 30 Nov 1917, immediatley following her completion, she was requisitioned. After one India round-trip, she was involved in Transatlantic trooping, until the Armistice, then she completed a round trip to Australia.
Released to her owners in July 1919, she underwent a refit by her builder prior to resuming commercial service. Sold to Thomas Ward on 13 Jul 1934, she arrived in Inverkeithing a week later for breaking up.
Member of Medical staff
- Edith Marion Wilson 18 Jan - 23 Feb 1919