Hospital Ship HMHS Madras, 1915
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1987-01-70-13
Description
Hospital Ship HMHS Madras, 1915. Photograph, World War One (1914-1918), 1915. The Hospital Ship Madras was previously the SS Tanda, a British India Steam Navigation Company vessel. Her conversion to a hospital facility was funded by the Madras War Fund. The HMHS Madras reverted to its old name in 1920 and was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in 1944. From album of 210 photographs, compiled by Lt Henry Curtis Gallup during service with the 5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery (TF) in Mesopotamia in 1915 and his subsequent captivity in Turkey after capture at Kut, 1915 (c)-1916 (c). Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)
Associated collection
