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HMHS Tagus

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HMHS Tagus
HMHS Tagus.jpg
Hospital ship livery - WW1
HMHS Tagus Boer War.jpg
As Troopship No. 101 - Boer War
History
Name HMHS Tagus
Owner Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Builder Robert Napier & Sons, Govan, Glasgow
Yard number 466
Launched 27 Jun 1899
Completed October 1899
Fate Broken up in 1925
General characteristics
Type Passenger & Cargo freighter
Tonnage 5,545 tons
Length 410 feet (124.97m)
Beam 30 feet (9.14m)
Depth 32 feet 4 inches (9.83m)
Propulsion Single screw
Speed 15 knots
Capacity 200 1st class; 30 second, and 250 third class passengers



Remarks

The second ship named RMS Tagus, she was a passenger and cargo liner built in 1899 by Robert Napier and Sons Ltd of Glasgow for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Her normal employment was the routes from Southampton to the West Indies. During the Boer War she had been employed as troopship No. 101.


In 1914 she was converted to a hospital ship and performed those duties from 24 Aug 1915 until 31 March 1916, servicing 418 berths with mical staff of 57 (7 Officers, 8 nurses, 42 others). It appears that she then reverted to being a troop ship. Returned to her owners in 1918 she had not been reconditioned.


She was sold in 1920 to Hijos de Jose Taya, of Barcelona, and renamed Principe de Viana. before being broken up, commencing 6 Nov 1925 in Genoa, Italy.

Soldiers carried

Alexandria to London 18 Sep to 27 Sep 1915

Austin Faulkner