Corporate DS/UK/4152 HMHS Newfoundland; 1925-1943; ocean liner, Royal Mail ship and hospital ship HMHS Newfoundland ocean liner, Royal Mail ship and hospital ship 1925-1943

Built in Barrow in Furness for Furness, Withy & Co of liberspool, Newfoundland worked the transatlantic mail route between Liverpoos and Canada, with her sister ship, RMS Nova Scotia. During the Second World War she carried wounded troups between the UK and Canada. In 1943 she became a hospital ship off the coast of Salerno, Italy, but was damaged by a Luftwaffe bomb on 13 September 1943 and scuttled the following day. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) Yes DERBYSHIRE\71010800 24/01/2022 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 24/01/2022 e8414e08-65d0-47bc-9f16-0688f5fc7204