Difference between revisions of "HMT Galeka"
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*[[William Edward Reed]] transfer to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915 | *[[William Edward Reed]] transfer to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915 | ||
*[[George Young]] transferred to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915 | *[[George Young]] transferred to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915 | ||
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==Mudros to Alexandria 16 - 19 June 1915== | ==Mudros to Alexandria 16 - 19 June 1915== | ||
Revision as of 21:04, 26 July 2018
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Galeka |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Glasgow |
| Type | Passenger / cargo ship |
| Displacement | 6,772 tons |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
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Remarks
Built for the Union-Castle Line and used on the South Afric route until World War 1, when she was used first as a troop ship carrying ANZAC troops to the Gallipoli campaign, and later as a Hospital Ship.
As a Hospital Ship she could carry 366 wounded passengers.
On 28 Oct 1916, as she was entering Le Havre she hit a mine laid by the Uboat UC-26. While no patients were aboard at the time, some 19 Royal Army medical Corps personnel perished. Although able to be beached at Cap la Hogue, she was a total loss.
Soldiers carried
Mudros to Alexandria 29 April -3 May 1915
- Herbert Frank O'Neill
- William Edward Reed transfer to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915
- George Young transferred to HMHS Delta 3 May 1915