List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy
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World War I
- HMHS AlexandraHMY AlexandraHMY Alexandra was a steamship built as a British royal yacht, being completed in 1908. Normally transporting British royals to European ports, Alexandra served as a hospital ship during the First World War. After 17 years of British service, she was sold to Norwegian commercial interests in 1925...
- HMHS AngliaHMHS AngliaSS Anglia was a steam ship requisitioned for use as a hospital ship during the First World War. On 17 November 1915 she hit a mine laid by the German U-boat, UC-5.-History:...
- HMHS AquitaniaRMS AquitaniaRMS Aquitania was a Cunard Line ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 21 April 1913 and sailed on her maiden voyage to New York on 30 May 1914...
- HMHS BrightonSS Brighton (1903)Brighton was a 1,384 GRT steamship which was built in 1903 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. In 1930, she was sold to W E Guinness and converted to a private yacht, Roussalka...
- HMHS BritannicHMHS BritannicHMHS Britannic was the third and largest of the White Star Line. She was the sister ship of and , and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner. She was launched just before the start of the First World War and was laid up at her builders in Belfast for many months before...
- HMHS CambriaTSS Cambria (1897)TSS Cambria was a twin screw steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1897 to 1923.-History:She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton for the London and North Western Railway in 1897 in response to the competition launched by the City of Dublin...
- HMHS DieppeSS Dieppe (1905)Dieppe was a steamship which was built in 1905 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. She was requisitioned during the First World War for use as a troopship and later as a hospital ship HMS Dieppe, returning to her owners postwar. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923...
- HMHS Dover CastleHMHS Dover CastleHMHS Dover Castle was a steam ship originally built for the Union-Castle Line, but requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War...
- HMHS GalekaSS GalekaSS Galeka was a steam ship originally built for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, but requisitioned for use as a British troop transport and then a hospital ship during the First World War...
- HMHS Glenart CastleHMHS Glenart CastleHMHS Glenart Castle was a steamship originally built as Galacian in 1900 for the Union-Castle Line. She was renamed Glenart Castle in 1914, but was requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War...
- HMHS Gloucester CastleHMHS Gloucester CastleHMHS Gloucester Castle was a steam ship originally built for the Union-Castle Line, but requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War. On 31 March 1917 she was torpedoed by German U-boat UB-32. She was, however, salvaged, and returned to civilian service after the war...
- HMHS LanfrancHMHS LanfrancHMHS Lanfranc was a steam ship requisitioned for use as a hospital ship during the First World War. On 17 April 1917 she was hit by a torpedo fired from the German U-boat UB-40.-History:...
- HMHS LibertyHMNS LibertyHMNS Liberty was a private steam yacht and later Royal Navy hospital ship, which was one of the largest private yachts of its day.Built in 1908 for Joseph Pulitzer as TMY Liberty, she was sold on his death in 1912 to Scottish-Canadian businessman James Ross, and renamed TMY Glencairn. Having sailed...
- HMHS Llandovery CastleHMHS Llandovery CastleThe Llandovery Castle, built in 1914 in Glasgow as RMS Llandovery Castle for Union Castle Line, was a Canadian hospital ship torpedoed off southern Ireland on 27 June 1918 with the loss of 234 lives....
- HMHS LoyaltyRMS Empress of India (1891)RMS Empress of India was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships...
- HMHS MauretaniaRMS Mauretania (1906)RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear for the British Cunard Line, and launched on 20 September 1906. At the time, she was the largest and fastest ship in the world. Mauretania became a favourite among...
- HMHS Nevasa
- HMHS RewaHMHS RewaHMHS Rewa was a steamship originally built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company, but requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War...
- HMHS Rohilla
- HMHS SaltaHMHS SaltaHMHS Salta was a steam ship originally built for Société Générale de Transport Maritime Steam, but requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War...
Former Royal Naval Hospitals
- RNH BighiRNH BighiRNH Bighi, also known as Bighi Hospital, was a major naval hospital located in the small town of Kalkara on the island of Malta. It served the eastern Mediterranean in the 19th and 20th centuries and, in conjunction with the RN Memorial Hospital at Imtarfa, contributed to the nursing and medical...
(MaltaMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
) - RNH Gibraltar
- RNH Haslar (GosportGosportGosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months...
EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) - RNH MtarfaRNH MtarfaThe Royal Navy Hospital Mtarfa was a United Kingdom naval hospital in Mtarfa, Malta. It was the main hospital for British Forces in the eastern Mediterranean until the British finally left the independent Malta in 1979....
(MaltaMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
) - RNH Stonehouse (DevonportDevonport, DevonDevonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) - RNH Hong KongRoyal Naval Hospital (Hong Kong)Royal Naval Hospital was the Royal Navy's medical facility in the colony.The RNH began in 1841 in a matshed on the site of the Wellington Barracks on Hong Kong Island. A typhoon destroyed the hospital and was temporarily located on the Minden, a third rate sailing ship...
- RNH Trincomalee (Trincomalee)
World War II
- HMHS LetitiaSS LetitiaThe SS Letitia was an ocean liner, built initially for service with the shipping firm Anchor-Donaldson Ltd. She continued to serve with the successor company Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd, and was requisitioned for service at the start of Second World War to serve as an armed merchant cruiser. She...
- HMHS NewfoundlandHMHS NewfoundlandHMHS Newfoundland was a British hospital ship. She served during the Second World War and was sunk in an air attack in the Mediterranean.-Career:...
- HMHS TakliwaSS TakliwaTakliwa was a 7,936 GRT cargo liner which was built in 1924 by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland for the British India Steam Navigation Company. She was converted to a hospital ship during the Second World War, serving until she was wrecked in October 1945.-Description:The ship was long,...