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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70925| Title: | HMHS Rewa torpedoed January 1918 |
| Authors: | Parren, Marc |
| Keywords: | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th century Hospital ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- Mediterranean Region World War, 1914-1918 -- Postal service |
| Issue Date: | 2008-04 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Parren, M. (2008). HMHS Rewa torpedoed January 1918. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 37(1), 29-31. |
| Abstract: | The cover depicted here should be one of the last postal documents originating from the hospital ship Rewa before it was sunk in early January 1918. The cover with its accompanying letter was written on board the HMHS Rewa by a staff member on the 16th November 1917. HMHS Rewa was a 7,267 ton ship built for the British India Steam Navigation Company in 1906, and converted to a hospital ship in August 1914 (Fire brace 1991). Having sailed from Malta the HMHS Rewa was carrying 279 cot and walking wounded cases from Greece. She was in the Bristol Channel, when on the 4th January 1918, Wilhelm Werner in his U-55, lined her up, and soon sank her with his torpedoes despite the fact that the Rewa was clearly marked as a hospital ship. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70925 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2008 - 37(1) |
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