HMHS Lanfranc
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| SS Lanfranc SS Lanfranc | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lanfranc |
| Owner: | The Booth Line |
| Builder: | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Dundee |
| Launched: | 18 October 1906 [1] |
| Maiden voyage: | 18 February 1907 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat UB-40 on 17 April 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6,287 tons gross |
| Length: | 418.5 ft (127.6 m) |
| Beam: | 52.3 ft (15.9 m) |
| Draught: | 27.2 ft (8.3 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Twin screw triple expansion engine 850 nhp |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
HMHS 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.
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History
Lanfranc was built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company for the Booth Line. The Booth Line ran passenger services from the United Kingdom to Manaus - 1,000 miles up the Amazon River. With the outbreak of war she was drafted as a hospital ship.
Sinking
On the evening of 17 April the Lanfranc, while transporting wounded to British ports, was torpedoed without warning.[2] 22 British, including 2 officers, and 18 German other ranks were lost.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Mackenzie J Gregory (September 25, 2005). "Booth Line's S.S. "Lanfranc" 2". bluestarline.org. http://www.bluestarline.org/booth/lanfranc2.html. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ↑ The War on hospital ships, from the narratives of eye-witnesses (1917) (1917 ed.). London : T. Fisher Unwin. p. 1. http://www.archive.org/details/waronhospitalshi00lond. - Call number: SRLF_UCLA:LAGE-3563453
- ↑ "LIST OF HOSPITAL SHIPS DESTROYED BY SUBMARINES OR MINES". vlib. 2009. http://www.vlib.us/medical/hospships.htm. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
