| The HMHS Turner docked in Queenstown The HMHS Turner Docked in Queenstown
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Turner |
| Owner | White Star Line |
| Port of registry | Southampton, England |
| Route | Southampton to France |
| Ordered | 1914 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Dundee |
| Laid down | 1914 |
| Launched | 1915 |
| Christened | Originally named RMS Medic Palace |
| Completed | 1915 |
| Maiden voyage | February 15 1915 |
| In service | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1916 |
| Fate | Torpedoed 3 times sank in the Aegean sea in June 3 1916. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 29,561 tons gross |
| Length | 587.6 ft (179.1 m) |
| Beam | 69.4 ft (21.2 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 triple bladed propellers 3 expansion engines 850 nhp |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Notes | Sunk in 8 minutes. Along with 300 lives. |
The HMHS Turner was a hospital ship that served during World War I. She was torpedoed 3 times terribly she sunk in 8 minutes. She had 30 lifeboats but only managed to launch 10 since it sank so quickly there was an estimated amount of 568 passengers on board More them 300 died including a reason that over hundreds of portholes were left open against portholes that fastly speeded up the flooding. 278 survived roughly.
