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  8. JMPS - 2008 - 37(1)
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dc.date.accessioned2021-03-10T10:35:40Z-
dc.date.available2021-03-10T10:35:40Z-
dc.date.issued2008-04-
dc.identifier.citationParren, M. (2008). HMHS Rewa torpedoed January 1918. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 37(1), 29-31.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70925-
dc.description.abstractThe 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]en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMalta Philatelic Societyen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th centuryen_GB
dc.subjectHospital ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryen_GB
dc.subjectWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Mediterranean Regionen_GB
dc.subjectWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Postal serviceen_GB
dc.titleHMHS Rewa torpedoed January 1918en_GB
dc.typecontributionToPeriodicalen_GB
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dc.publication.titleJournal of the Malta Philatelic Societyen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorParren, Marc-
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