 HMHS Glenart Castle, in her wartime service colours
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Galician |
| Owner | UK |
| Operator | Union-Castle Line |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Cost | 50 Bil |
| Yard number | 4637 |
| Way number | 098 |
| Laid down | 7/6/1900 |
| Launched | 20 September 1900 |
| Completed | 6 December 1900 |
| Identification | 6824 |
| Fate | Acquired by Royal Navy in 1914 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Glenart Castle |
| Acquired | 1914 |
| Fate | Torpedoed, 26 February 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,807 GRT |
| Length | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
HMHS Glenart Castle (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) was a steamship originally built as Galician 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. On 26 February 1918, she was hit and sunk by a torpedo fired from the German U-boat UC-56.[1]
- ^ "Hospital Ship Sunk by a U-Boat" (PDF). The New York Times. 28 February 1918. Retrieved 2 August 2009.