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List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

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List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

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Ships of the Royal Navy

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HMHS is an acronym for His/Her Majesty's Hospital Ship.

Early modern era

Seventeenth century

The earliest record of British hospital ship was Goodwill, which briefly accompanied a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean in 1608 or 1609. From 1665 the Royal Navy formally maintained two hospital ships at any time, these being either hired merchant ship or elderly sixth rates, modified from their original design by the removal of internal bulkheads and addition of ports cut through the deck and hull for ventilation. The limit of two hospital ships at a time remained in place until the Nine Years' War at century's end. In 1691 there were four hospital ships in service, rising to five in 1693 and six in 1696.

In addition to their sailing crew, these seventeenth century hospital ships were staffed by a surgeon and four surgeon's mates. Standard medical supplies were bandages, soap, needles and bedpans, and patients were issued with a clean pair of sheets. Infectious patients were quarantined from the general population behind a sheet of canvas. In addition to her sailing crew, each vessel was staffed with a surgeon and four surgeon's mates. The quality of food was very poor. In the 1690s the surgeon aboard Siam complained that the meat was in an advanced state of putrefaction, the biscuits were weevil-ridden and bitter, and the bread was so hard that it stripped the skin from patient's mouths.


Vessel name	Tons burthen	Guns	Crew	Hospital service
Goodwill	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1608 or 1609
Joseph	101	4	30-40	1665
Loyal Catherine	298	36-40	35	1665-1666
Maryland Merchant	not recorded	41	40	1666
John's Advice	330	16	40-54	1672-1674
Unity	118	6-8	not recorded	1683
Welcome	78	10	not recorded	1683
Helderenberg	242	18-30	50	1688
Concord	352	22-30	45	1690-1695
Society	357	22-30	45	1690-1697
Baltimore	300/324	20	45	1691
Spencer	245	20	40-45	1691
London Merchant	250	22-30	30-45	1692-1696
Siam	333	22-30	45-58	1693-1697
Bristol	532	20	40-45	1692-1694, 1696-1697
Josiah	664	30	30	1696
Muscovy Merchant	250	24	45	1696
London Merchant	250	22-30	30-45	1692-1696

Eighteenth century


Vessel name	Tons burthen	Guns	Crew	Hospital service
Lewis	460	42	50	1701
Suffolk (frigate)	477	8-30	50-70	1701, 1713
Siam	333	2-30	45-58	1702-1703
Antelope	550	24-30	60-83	1702-1703, 1706-1708
Princess Anne	484	24-30	70-83	1702-1706
Jeffreys	513	20-26	60-73	1702-1708
Sarah and Betty	370	24	45-58	1702-1703
Smyrna Factor	355	24	45-50	1702-1703, 1705-1709
Suffolk (hoy)	not recorded	10-30	80	1703-1704
Matthews	not recorded	not recorded	50-60	1705-1708
Martha	not recorded	22	70-80	1707-1710
Leake	not recorded	14	50-80	1708-1711
Arundel	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1709
Pembroke	not recorded	28	60-95	1709-1713
Delicia	not recorded	22	63-65	1710-1713
Looe	553	12-42	60	1717-1718
Portsmouth	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	1731
Princess Royal	541	18	77	1740-1741
Scarborough	501	18	60	1740-1744
Jersey	1065	60	not recorded	1771-1779
Nabob	637	26	72	1779-1783
Lioness	711	26	72	1780-1783