Seen here on a pontoon in Cardiff.
Built as a passenger ferry on Clydebank in 1925 for GWR for cross channel service Weymouth- Channel Islands.
Used as a hospital ship in WWll (No.29)
His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Atlantis was a British hospital ship built as Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ocean liner RMS Andes. It was converted into a hospital ship in 1939 at the beginning of World War II. HMHS Atlantis was staffed by over 130 doctors and nurses, who could administer medical care to over 600 patients. There is a model in the Maritime Museum in Liverpool.
His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Atlantis was a British hospital ship built as Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ocean liner RMS Andes. It was converted into a hospital ship in 1939 at the beginning of World War II. HMHS Atlantis was staffed by over 130 doctors and nurses, who could administer medical care to over 600 patients. There is a model in the Maritime Museum in Liverpool.
