HMHS Garth Castle explained

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

List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roll of Honour - Ships - HMHS Garth Castle. www.roll-of-honour.com. 2019-02-25.
  2. Web site: Garth Castle . clydeships.co.uk . 23 January 2020.

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