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SM UB-40 17th April 1917 Hospital ship Lanfranc torpedoed   HMHS Lanfranc. SS Lanfranc (1906,15) also HMHS Lanfranc (1915,17) Namesake: Lanfranc of Canterbury Owner: Booth Steamship Co Builder: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee Launched: 18 October 1906. Maiden voyage: 18 February 1907. Fate: Torpedoed and sunk, 17 April 1917 General characteristics Tonnage: 6,287 Grt. Length: 418.5 ft(127.6 m), Beam: 52.3 ft (15.9 m), Draught: 27.2 ft (8.3 m). Installed power: 850 NHP. Propulsion: triple expansion engine; twin screw. Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h) HMHS Lanfranc was an ocean liner requisitioned as a hospital ship in the First World War. On 17 April 1917 she was torpedoed by the German U-boat SM UB-40. Lanfranc was built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company for the Booth Steamship Company, which ran passenger services between Liverpool and Manaus, 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport Service during WW1. Medical Staff strength. Officers:5 Nurses:10 Other: Accommodation capacity. Officers: Cots:109 Berths:249 Period of Service as Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport. Date From:6th October 1915 Date To:17th April 1917 Ships Crew details: Sinking. On the evening of 17 April the Lanfranc, while transporting wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, was torpedoed without warning. 22 British, including 2 officers, and 18 German other ranks were lost. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM UB-40? There are:0 items tagged SM UB-40 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM UB-40 during the Great War 1914-1918.