HMHS Dover Castle

HMHS Dover Castle was a steam ship originally built for the Union-Castle Line and launched in 1904. In 1914 she was requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War. On 26 May 1917 she was torpedoed 50 nautical miles north of Bône, Algeria by the submarine UC-67 of the Imperial German Navy.

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Dover Castle
speed 14 knot, beam 17.25 metre, draft 9.68 metre, length 145.18 metre, 
passenger vessel, cargo ship, shipwreck, Barclay Curle, Union-Castle Line, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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Location: 37.75, 7.75, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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World War I

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Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	shipwreck		HMHS Dover Castle	passenger vessel, shipwreck, cargo ship	Wikidata