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HMHS Goorkha
1st August 1914 Hospital ship 
SS Goorkha SS Goorkha was built in 1897 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 6287grt, a length of 430ft, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed of 12.5 knots. Sister of the Gascon she was built for the Intermediate service and transferred to Union-Castle on 8th March 1900 when the companies merged.
In 1910 she was moved to the East Africa service where she remained until 20th October 1914 when she was commissioned as a hospital ship with 408 beds.
- Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport Service during WW1.
- Medical Staff strength.
- Officers:8
- Nurses:7
- Other:37
- Accommodation capacity.
- Officers:10
- Cots:94
- Berths:304
- Period of Service as Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport.
- Date From:20th October 1914
- Date To:18th October 1917
- Ships Crew details:
On 10th October 1917 she was mined off Malta and all 362 patients and medical staff including 17 nurses were evacuated without any casualties in 35 minutes.
She was then towed into Malta where on 18th October she was decommissioned and returned to the company for repairs and resumption of commercial services. She was laid up at Netley, Southampton Water in 1926 and eventually broken up by Thos. W. Ward in 1928.
John Doran
29th Oct 1914 Patients
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