54:
47:
659:
642:
654:
634:
250:
26:
228:
The ship was the last vessel to enter service before the merger between the Union and Castle shipping lines in 1900. She served on the South Africa route until the First World War when she was used by the UK as a troop transport, carrying troops of the
736:
716:
681:
594:
397:
741:
281:
731:
711:
721:
691:
485:
390:
230:
653:
649:
584:
686:
662:
658:
552:
412:
332:
383:
706:
459:
195:. She was launched on 21 October 1899 and completed on 23 December 1899. Later she was requisitioned for use as a British
272:
personnel died in the sinking. She was beached at Cap la Hogue, but was a total loss, Union-Castle's first war casualty.
726:
645:
641:
637:
633:
629:
465:
269:
491:
346:
422:
375:
701:
696:
573:
475:
234:
615:
604:
328:
192:
188:
83:
68:
542:
521:
501:
438:
204:
675:
511:
448:
200:
249:
241:
was then refitted as a hospital ship with accommodation for 366 wounded passengers.
172:
208:
122:
72:
361:
348:
428:
196:
25:
301:
261:
215:
129:
87:
212:
126:
248:
268:
struck a mine. She was not carrying patients at the time, but 19
379:
737:
Violations of medical neutrality during World War I
564:
411:
406:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1916
717:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I
682:World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel
391:
8:
398:
384:
376:
327:. Stroud: The History Press. p. 125.
282:List of hospital ships sunk in World War I
292:
187:was a steam ship built in 1899 for the
742:World War I crimes by Imperial Germany
325:The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff
20:
231:Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
43:
7:
260:On 28 October 1916, while entering
189:Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company
69:Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company
207:. On 28 October 1916 she struck a
14:
732:Ships built by Harland and Wolff
712:Hospital ships of the Royal Navy
657:
652:
640:
632:
52:
45:
24:
596:Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya
722:Ships of the Union-Castle Line
1:
692:Hospital ships in World War I
134:and sank on 28 October 1916.
758:
687:Maritime incidents in 1916
627:
138:
38:
23:
270:Royal Army Medical Corps
155:440 ft (130 m)
323:McCluskie, Tom (2013).
139:General characteristics
707:Ships built in Belfast
257:
163:53 ft (16 m)
252:
300:Marc Leroux (2008).
727:Ships sunk by mines
487:Imperatritsa Mariya
358: /
302:"SS Galeka (+1916)"
211:laid by the German
258:
235:Gallipoli Campaign
669:
668:
193:Harland and Wolff
179:
178:
84:Harland and Wolff
749:
661:
656:
644:
636:
620:
610:
599:
589:
579:
557:
547:
537:
527:
516:
506:
496:
493:James B. Colgate
480:
470:
454:
443:
433:
400:
393:
386:
377:
373:
372:
370:
369:
368:
363:
362:49.567°N 0.083°E
359:
356:
355:
354:
351:
339:
338:
320:
314:
313:
311:
309:
297:
175:(23.2 km/h)
113:23 December 1899
60:
57:
56:
55:
50:
49:
48:
28:
21:
757:
756:
752:
751:
750:
748:
747:
746:
672:
671:
670:
665:
648:
623:
613:
602:
592:
582:
571:
565:Other incidents
560:
550:
540:
530:
519:
509:
499:
483:
473:
457:
446:
436:
420:
407:
404:
366:
364:
360:
357:
352:
349:
347:
345:
344:
342:
335:
322:
321:
317:
307:
305:
299:
298:
294:
290:
278:
247:
226:
205:First World War
197:troop transport
125:laid by German
105:21 October 1899
58:
53:
51:
46:
44:
34:
17:
12:
11:
5:
755:
753:
745:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
684:
674:
673:
667:
666:
650:September 1916
628:
625:
624:
622:
621:
611:
600:
590:
580:
568:
566:
562:
561:
559:
558:
548:
538:
528:
517:
507:
497:
481:
471:
455:
444:
434:
417:
415:
409:
408:
405:
403:
402:
395:
388:
380:
341:
340:
333:
315:
291:
289:
286:
285:
284:
277:
274:
253:Sinking of SS
246:
243:
225:
222:
177:
176:
169:
165:
164:
161:
157:
156:
153:
149:
148:
145:
141:
140:
136:
135:
119:
115:
114:
111:
107:
106:
103:
99:
98:
95:
91:
90:
81:
77:
76:
66:
62:
61:
59:United Kingdom
41:
40:
36:
35:
29:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
754:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
683:
680:
679:
677:
664:
663:November 1916
660:
655:
651:
647:
643:
639:
635:
631:
626:
619:
618:
612:
609:
608:
601:
598:
597:
591:
588:
587:
581:
578:
577:
570:
569:
567:
563:
556:
555:
549:
546:
545:
539:
536:
535:
531:28 Oct: HMHS
529:
526:
525:
518:
515:
514:
508:
505:
504:
498:
495:
494:
489:
488:
482:
479:
478:
472:
469:
468:
463:
462:
456:
453:
452:
445:
442:
441:
435:
432:
431:
426:
425:
419:
418:
416:
414:
410:
401:
396:
394:
389:
387:
382:
381:
378:
374:
371:
367:49.567; 0.083
336:
334:9780752488615
330:
326:
319:
316:
303:
296:
293:
287:
283:
280:
279:
275:
273:
271:
267:
263:
256:
251:
244:
242:
240:
236:
232:
223:
221:
219:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
201:hospital ship
198:
194:
190:
186:
185:
174:
170:
167:
166:
162:
159:
158:
154:
151:
150:
146:
143:
142:
137:
133:
132:
128:
124:
120:
117:
116:
112:
109:
108:
104:
101:
100:
96:
93:
92:
89:
85:
82:
79:
78:
74:
70:
67:
64:
63:
42:
37:
33:
27:
22:
19:
616:
606:
595:
585:
575:
553:
543:
533:
532:
523:
512:
502:
492:
486:
476:
466:
460:
450:
440:Blommersdijk
439:
429:
423:
343:
324:
318:
306:. Retrieved
295:
265:
259:
254:
238:
227:
216:
183:
181:
180:
130:
71:(1899—1914)
31:
18:
365: /
304:. wrecksite
203:during the
199:and then a
94:Yard number
75:(1914—1916)
702:Ship names
697:1899 ships
676:Categories
586:Sevastopol
449:HDMS
413:Shipwrecks
288:References
147:6,767 tons
73:Royal Navy
605:HMS
574:USS
551:Unknown:
522:HMS
513:The Queen
424:Franconia
308:21 August
110:Completed
614:30 Oct:
603:27 Oct:
593:11 Oct:
554:Vigilant
541:31 Oct:
520:27 Oct:
510:26 Oct:
503:Tuncurry
500:23 Oct:
484:20 Oct:
474:19 Oct:
458:17 Oct:
451:Dykkeren
276:See also
262:Le Havre
102:Launched
617:Mantola
583:8 Oct:
576:Jenkins
572:1 Oct:
477:Alaunia
447:9 Oct:
437:8 Oct:
421:4 Oct:
350:49°34′N
264:, HMHS
245:Sinking
233:to the
224:History
144:Tonnage
88:Belfast
80:Builder
39:History
607:Nubian
544:Saturn
534:Galeka
430:Gallia
331:
266:Galeka
255:Galeka
239:Galeka
213:U-boat
184:Galeka
152:Length
127:U-boat
121:Hit a
32:Galeka
524:Flirt
461:Nembo
353:0°5′E
217:UC-26
173:knots
171:12.5
168:Speed
131:UC-26
65:Owner
646:1917
638:1916
630:1915
467:U-16
329:ISBN
310:2009
209:mine
160:Beam
123:mine
118:Fate
16:Ship
237:.
191:by
182:SS
97:347
30:SS
678::
490:,
464:,
427:,
220:.
86:,
399:e
392:t
385:v
337:.
312:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
