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HMHS Tagus
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History
Name HMHS Tagus
Owner Ellermn Lines Ltd, Liverpool
Builder Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee
Launched 1898
Completed 1898
Fate Sunk
General characteristics
Type General cargo freighter
Tonnage 937 tons



Remarks

It appears that Tagus was used briefly as a hospital ship to transport badly injured men from Gallipoli to AEngland in 1915. By 1916 she had returned to her more usual role of freighter, when on 6 Sep 1916 she was captured by the German submarine U39 captained by Werner Furbringer at the western entry to the English Channel. She was subsequently sunk by explosives with all crew surviving.

Battle Honours

Soldiers carried

Gallipoli to London 15 Sep to 27 Sep 1915

Austin Faulkner