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HS Stad Antwerpen

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History
Name HS Stad Antwerpen
Builder/Built 1913 NV Cockerill Ougher, Hoboken, Belgium
Type Channel Passenger Ferry
Speed 23 knots


Remarks

A Belgium owned ship, she was converted to a Hospital Ship and served from 2 Oct 1915 till 12 Dec 1919 before returning to peace time role of ferry between Ostend and Dover/Folkestone.

Carried 4 Medical Officers, 4 Nurses and 26 other medical staff. Could accommodate 16 Officers, 18 in cots, and 131 in berths. Peacetime capacity of 900 passengers, she returned to her previous role until 1934 when she was sold for scrap.

List of soldiers carried

Henry Thomas Cockram
Leslie James Godfrey
Samuel Vivian Mortimer