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HMHS Copenhagen
14th Mar 1915 On the Move
15th Mar 1915 Move
12th Feb 1916 Correspondence
20th Feb 1916 Transfers
5th March 1917 Hospital ship 
SS Copenhagen SS Copenhagen, 2570 grt, was built in 1907 by John Brown and Company at Clydebank as a replacement for the lost "Berlin" and was so successful that she was quickly followed by her sisters "Munich" [1908] and "St. Petersburg"[1910] on the Harwich, Hook of Holland service.
The vessel was torpedoed and sunk by UC61 in the North Sea in 1917 en route to the Hook of Holland.
Copenhagen served as a Hospital Ship during WW1.
- Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport Service during WW1.
- Medical Staff strength.
- Officers:8
- Nurses:6
- Other:28
- Accommodation capacity.
- Officers:
- Cots:122
- Berths:132
- Period of Service as Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport.
- Date From:1st January 1916
- Date To:5th March 1917
- Ships Crew details:
Wreck survey tour report.
Now well out to sea, the next wreck on our tour is the Copenhagen, a turbine steamer owned by the Great Eastern Railway Co when she was torpedoed and sunk by UC61 in 1917.
Passenger accommodation was spread over three decks amidships, with sleeping berths for 320 in First Class, over 200 of which were in double cabins.
Public rooms included a smoking room on the awning deck, and below this a ladies' room, while the full-width 62-seat dining saloon was situated on the lower deck.
John Doran
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