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The earliest record of British hospital ship was Goodwill, which briefly accompanied a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean in 1608 or 1609. [1] [2] From 1665 the Royal Navy formally maintained two hospital ships at any time, these being either hired merchant ship or elderly sixth rates, modified from their original design by the removal of internal bulkheads and addition of ports cut ...
HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the youngest sister of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic ...
Ships built in Toledo, Ohio (1 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Ships built in Ohio" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The hospital ship Anglia sinking Memorial to HMHS Anglia at the Holyhead Maritime Museum. Its stockless anchor was made a memorial at Holyhead. [6] In October 2014 there were calls for the wreck of the ship to be designated a war grave and protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act, 1986. [5]
HMHS may refer to: Humana Military Healthcare Services , an American military health care provider Her or His Majesty's Hospital Ship, a ship prefix; see List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy
SS Op Ten Noort renamed: HMHS Hikawa Maru No.2: Netherlands Japan 17 August 1945: Wakasa Bay Scuttled by placing explosive charges in the hull, to cover war crimes (14 August 1945) 0 [18] [19] HMHS Maid of Kent: Great Britain 21 May 1940: Dieppe harbour Bombed by German warplanes 43 [20] [21] HMHS Newfoundland: UK 13 September 1943
SS Talamba while sailing from Singapore, an attempt to rush the ship’s bridge by the Chinese deportees but was contained and escorted by HMS Carlisle to Hong Kong. [1] In 1937, she was grounded after a typhoon at Hong Kong. SS Talamba was designated as a hospital ship in June 1941.
The Liberty, Royal Navy Hospital Ship, commanded by Lord Tredegar In September 1915 she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for the duration of World War I, initially as an auxiliary patrol yacht Liberty IV , though soon transformed at Lord Tredegar's expense to a hospital ship, No. 10 , HMHS Liberty , [ 3 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] first operating within ...