HMHS Braemar Castle
 His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Braemar Castle
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| History | |
|---|---|
  United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMHS Braemar Castle |
| Owner | Union-Castle Line |
| Operator |  Royal Navy |
| Port of registry |  United Kingdom |
| Builder | Barclay Curle |
| Yard number | 409 |
| Launched | 23 February 1898 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| In service | 1915 (hospital ship) |
| Out of service | 1924 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6266 GRT |
| Capacity | 3309 |
SS Braemar Castle was a passenger-cargo steamship, built for Castle Line in 1898, that spent more of her time in British government service than working for her owners. She served both as a troopship and as a hospital ship, prefixed HMT and HMHS respectively, before, during and after the First World War.
She was built in 1898 and originally served as a passenger liner with the Union-Castle Line, sailing from Southampton to South Africa.[1] At the start of the Second Boer War, and from 1909, she served as a troopship and was requisitioned for the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and in Gallipoli in 1915.[1] Later in 1915, she was converted to a hospital ship, hitting a mine (laid by SM U-73) in the Aegean Sea on 23 November 1916 and being repaired at La Spezia.[2] She continued to serve as a hospital ship, sailing to Murmansk in 1918 and staying until 1920,[1] the last non-Russian ship to leave Archangel. After a brief return to commercial service, Braemar Castle was again requisitioned as a troopship for the peace-keeping force during the Greco-Turkish War.[1] She was sold for demolition in Italy in 1924.[3]
See also
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[edit]Notes
- ^ a b c d Newall 1999, p. 100
- ^ Wynn 2018, p. 39.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Ships - HMHS Braemar Castle". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
References
- Newall, Peter (1999). Union-Castle Line: A Fleet History. London: Carmania Press. ISBN 0-9534291-4-8.
- Wynn, Stephen (2018). Against All Odds: Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781526704078.
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