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| shipowner = Great Western Railway
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| shipbuilder = Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead
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| shipyardnumber = 668
 
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| shiplaunched = 13 Jan 1906
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| shipinservice = 1906
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| shipoutofservice = October 1929
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| shipfate = scrapped
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| shiptonnage = 2,500 tons
 
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Built for Great Western Railway to service the Rosslare to Fishguard route until 1913.
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Built for Great Western Railway to service the Rosslare to Fishguard route until 1913. She was then sold to Canadian Pacific, before it was requisitioned in 1915 to become a British Hospital Ship until 1919. Actual dates of service as a hospital ship were 7 May 1915 to 4 Dec 1917.  Staffed by 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 30 others.  The ''St George'' could accommodate 17 Officers, 115 patients in Cots, and 146 in berths.
Then sold to Canadian Pacific, before it was requisitioned in 1917 to become a British Hospital Ship until 1919.  
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Actual dates of service as a hospital ship were 7 May 1915 to 4 Dec 1917.  Staffed by 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 30 others.   
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When released back to civilian service she was sold to the Great Eastern Railway for use on their services from Harwich.
Could accommodate 17 Officers, 115 in Cots, and 146 berths.
 
 
It was then purchased by the Great Eastern Railway for the Harwich and Hook of Holland route before it was scrapped in 1929.
 
It was then purchased by the Great Eastern Railway for the Harwich and Hook of Holland route before it was scrapped in 1929.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
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===France to England 26 June 1916===
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* [[Vernon Claude Witney]]
  
 
===Rouen, France to England 14 November 1916===
 
===Rouen, France to England 14 November 1916===
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===France to England 14 June 1917===
 
===France to England 14 June 1917===
 
* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]]
 
* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]]
 
===France to England 26 June 1916===
 
* [[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 
  
 
===France to England 5 July 1917===
 
===France to England 5 July 1917===

Revision as of 16:42, 20 October 2021

HMHS St George
HMHS St George.jpg
File:.jpg
History
Name HMHS St George
Owner Great Western Railway
Builder Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead
Yard number 668
Launched 13 Jan 1906
In service 1906
Out of service October 1929
Fate scrapped
General characteristics
Type Passenger and Train Ferry
Tonnage 2,500 tons
Speed 22.5 knots (41.67 km/h)



Remarks

Built for Great Western Railway to service the Rosslare to Fishguard route until 1913. She was then sold to Canadian Pacific, before it was requisitioned in 1915 to become a British Hospital Ship until 1919. Actual dates of service as a hospital ship were 7 May 1915 to 4 Dec 1917. Staffed by 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 30 others. The St George could accommodate 17 Officers, 115 patients in Cots, and 146 in berths.

When released back to civilian service she was sold to the Great Eastern Railway for use on their services from Harwich. It was then purchased by the Great Eastern Railway for the Harwich and Hook of Holland route before it was scrapped in 1929.

Soldiers carried

France to England 26 June 1916

Rouen, France to England 14 November 1916

Rouen, France to England 6 December 1916

France to England 30 April 1917

Rouen, France to England 11 Jun 1917

France to England 14 June 1917

France to England 5 July 1917

France to England 26 July 1917

France to England 11 August 1917

France to England 23 October 1917