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File:HMHSQueenstownCastle.jpg
The Queenstown Castle steaming away from Queenstown.
History
UK
NameHMHS Worcestershire Castle
Owner White Star Line
Port of registrySouthampton
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Laid downJune 5, 1916
LaunchedMarch 18, 1917
ChristenedNot christened
CompletedMarch 6, 1918
Maiden voyageMay 17, 1918
FateTorpedoed in the Mid-Atlantic in 1918 on her first voyage.
StatusSunk
General characteristics
Class and typeDorsetshire class hospital-ship
Displacement806 tons
Length114 ft 7 in (34.93 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion2 bronze triple blade outboard wing propellers.
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (maximum)
Capacitylist error: <br /> list (help)
336 as hospital ship
274 wounded, 221 medical staff as hospital ship
Crew38

The HMHS Queenstown Castle was a British hospital that was torpedoed by a German U-boat on her first voyage. When the torpedo hit it shot up a plume of black up the funnel. Then it turned to fire suddenly it collapsed crushing on numerous people, Along with 2 lifeboats, Which fell off the ship smashed. 289 people died on the ship that fateful day. The ship was equipped with 10 lifeboats 8 was only left only 5 were launched leaving 3 behind. With only 44 surviving it was a terrible wreck it only sunk in 16 minutes the captain of the Ship Captain Milton Brown shot him self in the bridge. The survivors said that the ship went down by bow first and then lifted high up into the air until it was a direct right angle. And then it plunged into the deep water very fast crushing one life boat under it's own weight.