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VASNA at sea as a Hospital Ship
In: Ships; Part of our Photographs gallery
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
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