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Old 1 January 2000, 07:10 PM   #23 (permalink)
Jim 'ACE'
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Leo,
In the years of 1917 - 1918 the Germans torpedoed 8 hospital ships. They were:
R.M.R.S. DOVER CASTLE carrying 632 patients - may 26, 1917
H.M.H.S. ASTURIAS - torpedoed and the stern was blown off - at the time of the attack the ship was in full hospital colors - 35 lives lost. Mar 20th, 1917
H.M.H.S. REWA - While steaming fully illuminated in the Bristol Channel the ship was torpedoed in bound from the Mediterranean carrying 279 cot and walking wounded from Greece. All were saved but 3 lascars killed in the initial explosion. The ship sank. This occured at 11:15 PM on Jan 4th, 1918.
H.M.H.S. DRINA - Mar. 1, 1917 - Torpedoed and sunk outside Milford Haven, off Skokholm Island by UC65. 15 lives lost.
I don't have the names of the other 4 hospital ships, but I will see if I can get this information. These sinkings were sanctioned by the German High command in direct contravention to International Law and the Geneva Convention.
VBR,
Jim