List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

HMHS is an acronym for His/Her Majesty's Hospital Ship.

Early modern era[edit]

Seventeenth century[edit]

The earliest record of British hospital ship was Goodwill, which briefly accompanied a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean in 1608 or 1609.^[1]^[2] From 1665 the Royal Navy formally maintained two hospital ships at any time, these being either hired merchant ship or elderly sixth rates, modified from their original design by the removal of internal bulkheads and addition of ports cut through the deck and hull for ventilation. The limit of two hospital ships at a time remained in place until the Nine Years' War at century's end. In 1691 there were four hospital ships in service, rising to five in 1693 and six in 1696.^[1]

In addition to their sailing crew, these seventeenth century hospital ships were staffed by a surgeon and four surgeon's mates. Standard medical supplies were bandages, soap, needles and bedpans, and patients were issued with a clean pair of sheets. Infectious patients were quarantined from the general population behind a sheet of canvas. In addition to her sailing crew, each vessel was staffed with a surgeon and four surgeon's mates. The quality of food was very poor. In the 1690s the surgeon aboard Siam complained that the meat was in an advanced state of putrefaction, the biscuits were weevil-ridden and bitter, and the bread was so hard that it stripped the skin from patient's mouths.^[1]


Vessel name	Tons burthen	Guns	Crew	Hospital service
Goodwill	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1608 or 1609
Joseph	101	4	30-40	1665
Loyal Catherine^[a]	298	36-40	35	1665-1666
Maryland Merchant	not recorded	41	40	1666
John's Advice	330	16	40-54	1672-1674
Unity	118	6-8	not recorded	1683
Welcome	78	10	not recorded	1683
Helderenberg	242	18-30	50	1688
Concord	352	22-30	45	1690-1695
Society	357	22-30	45	1690-1697
Baltimore	300/324	20	45	1691
Spencer	245	20	40-45	1691
London Merchant	250	22-30	30-45	1692-1696
Siam	333	22-30	45-58	1693-1697^[b]
Bristol	532	20	40-45	1692-1694, 1696-1697
Josiah	664	30	30	1696
Muscovy Merchant	250	24	45	1696
London Merchant	250	22-30	30-45	1692-1696

Eighteenth century[edit]


Vessel name	Tons burthen	Guns	Crew	Hospital service
Lewis	460	42	50	1701
Suffolk (frigate)	477	8-30	50-70	1701, 1713
Siam	333	2-30	45-58	1702-1703^[b]
Antelope	550	24-30	60-83	1702-1703, 1706-1708
Princess Anne	484	24-30	70-83	1702-1706
Jeffreys	513	20-26	60-73	1702-1708
Sarah and Betty	370	24	45-58	1702-1703
Smyrna Factor	355	24	45-50	1702-1703, 1705-1709
Suffolk (hoy)	not recorded	10-30	80	1703-1704
Matthews	not recorded	not recorded	50-60	1705-1708
Martha	not recorded	22	70-80	1707-1710
Leake	not recorded	14	50-80	1708-1711
Arundel	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1709
Pembroke	not recorded	28	60-95	1709-1713
Delicia	not recorded	22	63-65	1710-1713
Looe	553	12-42	60	1717-1718
Portsmouth	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1731
Princess Royal	541	18	77	1740-1741
Scarborough	501	18	60	1740-1744
Nabob	637	26	72	1779-1783
Lioness	711	26	72	1780-1783

Boxer Rebellion[edit]

HMHS Carthage

HMHS Gwalior

HMHS Maine

Second Boer War[edit]

HMHS Avoca

HMHS Dunera

HMHS Lismore Castle

HMHS Maine

HMHS Nubia

HMHS Orcana

HMHS Princess of Wales

HMHS Simla

HMHS Spartan

HMHS Trojan

World War I[edit]

HMHS Aberdonian

HMHS Agadir

HMHS Albion

HMHS Alexandra

HMHS Anglia

HMHS Aquitania

HMHS Araguaya

HMHS Assaye

HMHS Asturias

HMHS Berbice

HMHS Braemar Castle

HMHS Brighton

HMHS Britannic

HMHS Cambria

HMHS Carisbrook Castle

HMHS Cecilia

HMHS China

HMHS Copenhagen

HMHS Delta

HMHS Devanha

HMHS Dieppe

HMHS Donegal

HMHS Dongola

HMHS Dover Castle

HMHS Drina

HMHS Dunluce Castle

HMHS Dunvegan Castle

HMHS Ebani

HMHS Egypt

HMHS Ellora

HMHS Erin

HMHS Erinpura

HMHS Essequibo

HMHS Formosa

HMHS Galeka

HMHS Garth Castle

HMHS Gascon

HMHS Glenart Castle

HMHS Glengorm Castle

HMHS Gloucester Castle

HMHS Goorkha

HMHS Grantala

HMHS Grantully Castle

HMHS Grianaig

HMHS Guildford Castle

HMHS Herefordshire

HMHS Kalyan

HMHS Kanowna

HMHS Karapara

HMHS Karoola

HMHS Kildonan Castle

HMHS Kyarra

HMHS Lanfranc

HMHS Letitia (1912), which served at Gallipoli.^[4]^[5]

HMHS Liberty

HMHS Llandovery Castle

HMHS Loyalty

HMHS Madras

HMHS Magic II

HMHS Maheno

HMHS Marama

HMHS Mauretania

HMHS Morea

HMHS Neuralia

HMHS Nevasa

HMHS Newhaven

HMHS Oxfordshire

HMHS Panama

HMHS Plassy

HMHS Queen Alexandra

HMHS Rewa

HMHS Rohilla

HMHS Salta

HMHS Sheelah

HMHS Sicilia

HMHS Somali

HMHS Soudan

HMHS St. Andrew

HMHS St. Denis

HMHS St. George

HMHS St. Margaret of Scotland

HMHS St. Patrick

HMHS Sunbeam

HMHS Syria

HMHS Tagus

HMHS Takada

HMHS Valdivia

HMHS Varela

HMHS Varsova

HMHS Vasna

HMHS Vita

HMHS Wandilla

HMHS Warilda

HMHS Western Australia

Russian Civil War[edit]

HMHS Braemar Castle

HMHS Garth Castle

HMHS Kalyan

Former Royal Naval Hospitals[edit]

RNH Bighi (Malta)

RNH Gibraltar

RNH Haslar (Gosport England)

RNH Mtarfa (Malta)

RNH Portland (Portland England)

RNH Simon's Town (South Africa)

RNH Stonehouse (Devonport, England)

RNH Hong Kong

RNH Trincomalee (Trincomalee)

World War II[edit]

HMHS Aba

HMHS Amarapoora

HMHS Amsterdam

HMHS Atlantis

HMHS Brighton

HMHS Cap St Jacques

HMHS Chantilly

HMHS Dinard

HMHS Dorsetshire

HMHS Duke of Argyll

HMHS Duke of Lancaster

HMHS Duke of Rothesay

HMHS El Nil

HMHS Gerusalemme

HMHS Isle of Guernsey

HMHS Isle of Jersey

HMHS Karapara

HMHS Karoa

HMHS Lady Connaught

HMHS Lady Nelson

HMHS Leinster

HMHS Letitia

HMHS Llandovery Castle

HMHS Maid of Kent

HMHS Manunda

HMHS Maunganui

HMHS Naushon

HMHS Newfoundland

HMHS Oxfordshire

HMHS Paris

HMHS Prague

HMHS St Andrew

HMHS St David

HMHS St Julien

HMHS Tairea

HMHS Talamba

HMHS Takliwa

HMHS Vasna

HMHS Vita

HMHS Wanganella

HMHS Worthing

Falklands War hospital ships[edit]

HMS Hecla

HMS Herald

HMS Hydra

SS Uganda

RFA hospital ships[edit]

RFA Maine (1887)

RFA Maine (1905)

RFA Maine (1902)

RFA Maine (1924)

RFA Argus (casualty receiving ship)

Citations[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Or Loyal Katherine^[3]

^ ^a^b Siam served as a hospital ship twice, from 1693 to 1697 and, after reconditioning, from 1702-1703.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a^b^c^d Sutherland Shaw, J.J. (1936). "The Hospital Ship, 1608–1740". The Mariner's Mirror. 22 (4): 422–426. doi:10.1080/00253359.1936.10657206..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Oppenheim, M. (1896). A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in Relation to the Navy. 1. The Bodley Head. p. 188. OCLC 506062953.

^ Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and fates. Seaforth. p. 276. ISBN 9781848320406.

^ Henneberry, Allan (2008). Wreck Diving Tales: Diving Nova Scotia's Shipwrecks. Atlantis Marine. pp. 1–5. ISBN 9780595613564.

^ Johnson, Jonathan C. (2016). "Canadian Military Hospitals at Sea 1914-1919" (PDF). Royal Canadian Medical Service Association. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[4] Or Loyal Katherine^[3]

[fn1-5] Siam served as a hospital ship twice, from 1693 to 1697 and, after reconditioning, from 1702-1703.^[1]

[Shaw-1] Sutherland Shaw, J.J. (1936). "The Hospital Ship, 1608–1740". The Mariner's Mirror. 22 (4): 422–426. doi:10.1080/00253359.1936.10657206..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[2] Oppenheim, M. (1896). A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in Relation to the Navy. 1. The Bodley Head. p. 188. OCLC 506062953.

[3] Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and fates. Seaforth. p. 276. ISBN 9781848320406.

[6] Henneberry, Allan (2008). Wreck Diving Tales: Diving Nova Scotia's Shipwrecks. Atlantis Marine. pp. 1–5. ISBN 9780595613564.

[7] Johnson, Jonathan C. (2016). "Canadian Military Hospitals at Sea 1914-1919" (PDF). Royal Canadian Medical Service Association. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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