Gloucester Castle
was built
in 1911 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 7999grt, a length
of 450ft 7in, a beam of 56ft 2in and a service speed
of 13 knots. She was built for the Intermediate
service. On 24th September, 1914 she was commissioned
as a 410 bed hospital ship and in April 1915 took
part in the Dardanelles campaign carrying the Portsmouth
Battalion of the Royal Marines. On 30th March 1917,
although clearly identified as a hospital ship,
she was torpedoed by UB-32 in the English Channel
whilst on passage from Le Havre to Southampton.
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