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HMHS Garth Castle

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Garth Castle before her conversion to hospital ship
History
United Kingdom
NameGarth Castle
OwnerUnion-Castle Line (1910-1914) Royal Navy (1914-1939)
BuilderBarclay Curle, Glasgow
Yard number478
Launched13 January 1910
Commissioned4 November 1914 (Royal Navy)
Out of service1939
FateBroken up, 1939
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage7612 GRT
Length452 feet 6 inches
Beam54 feet 3 inches
Installed power647 horsepower
Propulsion2x quadruple expansion steam engine
Speed13 knots
Capacity250 casualties (hospital ship)

HMHS Garth Castle was a hospital ship which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Built in 1910 as a passenger liner for the Union-Castle Line, she was commissioned as a hospital ship on 4 November 1914, with a capacity of roughly 250 casualties. The ship took part in the North Russia Intervention in 1918–19.[1]

She was returned to her owners in 1919 and broken up at Blyth, Northumberland in 1939.[2]

See also

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List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

References

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  1. ^ "Roll of Honour - Ships - HMHS Garth Castle". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Garth Castle". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.