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RMS
LADY NELSON
Hospital
Ship
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Hospital
Ship LADY NELSON Photo taken from HMCS Suderoy V Source:
Wikipedia |
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Completed:
1928
Acquired
by RCN: 1939
Returned
to owner:
Re-acquired
by RCN: 1942
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Entered
service: 22 Apr 1943 as Hospital Ship Lady Nelson
Paid
off: 1946 - returned to previous owner
Fate: Broken
up in Egypt in 1968 |
At 04.49 hours on 10 Mar 1942, U-161 fired two torpedoes into
the harbour of Port Castries, St. Lucia. The first torpedo hit the
Lady Nelson, which caught fire and sank by the stern in shallow
waters. The second torpedo struck the Umtata, which sank by the
stern. However, both vessels were later salvaged and repaired. Three
crew members and 15 passengers of the 116 crew members, 110
passengers and two gunners aboard Lady Nelson and seven dock workers
were lost. On 16 Apr, the ship was salvaged, temporarily repaired
and left for Mobile on 11 May. Later converted to a hospital ship
for 518 patients and commissioned on 22 Apr 1943.
After
the war she again became S.S. LADY NELSON (1946). Sold to Egypt she became
GUMHURYAT MISR (1953), and then later re-named ALWADI (1960). She was broken
up in Egypt in 1968.
Photos
and Documents The
Life and Times of Captain Morris O’Hara (Isaacs Harbour, NS), Master of
Lady Nelson during the Second World War
Commanding Officers Captain Morris O'Hara - 1943 -
1946
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anthony,
Avery J.
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Bishop,
Clifford R.
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Buffett,
Leslie
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Carscadden,
Stuart A.
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Cotnam,
Florence
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Crewe,
Norman
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Hanes,
Robert
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Murphy,
David R.
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O'Hara,
Morris O.
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Tunn, Edward
J. |
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Tunn,
George A.
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Varner,
Loran K.
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Former Crew Members
Etter, Phillip
van Audenhove, Julien J.
Photos and
Documents
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Hospital Ship Lady Nelson
From the collection of Roy Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Hospital Ship Lady Nelson
From the collection of William Connor
Courtesy of Jason Slater |
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Hospital Ship Lady Nelson
From the collection of John Brodie, HMCS Nanaimo
Courtesy of Bill Brodie |
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Newspaper Article on Captain Morris O'Hara, O.B.E.,
Isaac Harbour, Guysborough Co., NS who was Master of the Lady Nelson
during WW 2
Date: 18 Mar 1950
Courtesy of / Researched by Gerry Madigan |
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Nursing sisters of the Royal Canadian Army
Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) aboard the hospital ship LADY NELSON,
Naples, Italy, 29 January 1944.
Nursing
Sisters R. MacLennan, J. Goodston, Reta Moffat, E. Covey, D.E. MacTier,
E. Bateman, Y. Carr, J. Jackson, Captain C.I. Nixon (Matron), M.
McLeod, R. Hughes, H.J. Battram, E.K. Sutherland and M.B. Meisner.
Credit: Lieut. Frederick G. Whitcombe / Canada.
Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-163661 |
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Soldiers and Nurses aboard the Lady Nelson
Courtesy of Neil O'Connor |
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FM793 |
FM794 |
FM795 |
FM796 |
FM797 |
(FM793-FM797) Canadian Hospital Ship
LADY NELSON
(FM795)
LADY NELSON - 1945 (FM796) LADY NELSON with
what appears to be a Merchant Aircraft Carrier astern (FM797) LADY
NELSON returning with the wounded - Feb 1944
(FM798) Lady Nelson - Apr 1944
(FM799) Lady Nelson -
Sep 1944 (FM801) Lady Nelson
(right hand side of photo) with unknown troopship astern
From
the collection of François Messier, AB,
RCNVR
Courtesy
of Denis Messier
Lady Nelson End Mercy Ship Career - Hospital Ship
Docks at Halifax on Final Run
Courtesy of Hugh Muir
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