Difference between revisions of "HMHS Rewa"
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| image = [[File:HMHS_Rewa.jpg|border|600px]] | | image = [[File:HMHS_Rewa.jpg|border|600px]] | ||
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− | | caption2 = U-55 | + | | caption2 = U-55 on being taken over by the Japanese Navy in 1919 |
| shipname = HMHS Rewa | | shipname = HMHS Rewa | ||
| shipowner = British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow | | shipowner = British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company, and requisitioned for use as a | + | Built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company, and used on the Britain to India route. She was requisitioned in 1914 for use as a Troop ship, and later as a Royal Naval Hospital Ship (YA 5) during WW1. SHe saw heavy use during the Dardalles campaign, transferring wounded to Alexandria, Malta or back to the UK. |
+ | On 4 January 1918, while approaching the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, she was torpedoed and sunk by U_Boat U-55. She had sailed from Malta carrying 279 cot and walking wounded cases, and was fully illuminated as a Hospital Ship. Taking almost three hours to sink, casualties were light and all were saved except for four engine room crew killed in the explosion. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Latest revision as of 17:57, 15 January 2023
Remarks
Built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company, and used on the Britain to India route. She was requisitioned in 1914 for use as a Troop ship, and later as a Royal Naval Hospital Ship (YA 5) during WW1. SHe saw heavy use during the Dardalles campaign, transferring wounded to Alexandria, Malta or back to the UK.
On 4 January 1918, while approaching the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, she was torpedoed and sunk by U_Boat U-55. She had sailed from Malta carrying 279 cot and walking wounded cases, and was fully illuminated as a Hospital Ship. Taking almost three hours to sink, casualties were light and all were saved except for four engine room crew killed in the explosion.