Description
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda (camouflaged) at anchor in Southampton water, off Netley. The Warilda was requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Originally operating brightly lighted and painted the ship was camouflaged early in 1917, after Germany stated all vessels operating in the English Channel would be attacked. In May 1917 the Australian crew, apart from officers and engineers, returned home and a British crew signed on. On 3 August 1918 Warilda, loaded with hospital patients and other personnel was sunk off Le Havre by a German Navy submarine. See also A02685 and A02686.
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in
Image: 2 15/16 in x 4 in
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Lent for copying by Mr E T Bartleet.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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