HMHS Rewa

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HMHS Rewa was a steamship originally built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company for their mail and passenger service but requisitioned in August 1914 and fitted out for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War. On 4 January 1918, she was hit and sunk by a torpedo from the German U-boat U-55.

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Rewa
speed 18 knot, length 139 metre, beam 17.1 metre, draft 9.1 metre, 
shipwrecksteamshipWilliam Denny and BrothersRoyal NavyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Location: 50.9167, -4.8167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • HMCS Regina
    1941 Flower-class corvette
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The sinking of the British Hospital Ship The sinking of the British Hospital Ship "Rewa". Wellcome L0006208
The Torpedoed Hospital Ship Rewa.The Torpedoed Hospital Ship Rewa.
Unknown ship - probably HM Transport REWA (267297116)Unknown ship - probably HM Transport REWA (267297116)
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflict1643Battle of Strattonbattle, Cavalier, RoundheadWikidata
    objectwatercraftHMCS Reginacorvette, Flower-class corvetteWikidata
    sitecastleTintagel Castlelocal authority museum, English Heritage, ruins, castleWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMHS Glenart Castleocean liner, shipwreck, hospital shipWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMHS Rewasteamship, shipwreckWikidata
    siteshipwreck1903HMS Montagushipwreck, pre-dreadnought battleship, Duncan-class pre-dreadnought battleshipWikidata
    commonsimageThe sinking of the British Hospital Ship "Rewa". Wellcome L0006208 Commons
    commonsimageThe Torpedoed Hospital Ship Rewa. Commons
    commonsimageUnknown ship - probably HM Transport REWA (267297116) Commons