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VASNA at sea as a Hospital Ship
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Medium:
Sepia Print
Description:
VASNA (1917) was utilised as ambulance transport ship when she entered service at the end of the First World War. In the Second World War she was the first British Hospital Ship to berth in Japan after VJ day and was used evacuate POWs to Sydney.
Featured Ship:
VASNA (1917)
Shipping Line:
BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
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Andrew Bond
07/12/2010 11:37:29My father, Jack Bond served on Vasna
Jose Winters
18/02/2011 15:45:05My father, William Arthur Rathbone, was also on the Vasna, after which my sister was named
Andrew Campbell
25/04/2019 14:40:06My Mother Miss.Irene Joyce Cook served on the Vasna as a Nurse.After marriage my Mother became Mrs.Irene Joyce Campbell.On the 29 May 2019 my Mother will celebrate her 100th Birthday.
Andy Pidgley
14/09/2020 11:35:37I have a bench made from the teak deck
Dulcie Appleton
21/01/2021 17:36:48My father Ronald Edmondson served on the Vasna.
Elaine Harrison
11/01/2023 08:48:56I have a small occasional table made from teak taken from SS Vasna,which I inherited from my aunt, whose husband served as a Major in the British Army. She died in 1999 . A small label on the underside of the table reads : 'Made by the HUGHES BOLCKOW SHIPBREAKING COMPANY LTD, Blyth, Northumberland from Teak taken from SS Vasna'
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