Rohilla was a passenger steamer of the British India Steam Navigation Company which was built for service between the UK and India, and as a troopship. After becoming a hospital ship in the First World War, she ran aground in October 1914, near Whitby, and then salvaged out of the water by James Weatherill.

Oct 30, 2014 · One hundred years ago, a World War One hospital ship ran aground just a mile off the North Yorkshire coast. The dramatic three-day rescue mission that ensued resulted in scores of lives being saved...

Sep 12, 2024 · The SS Rohilla, a passenger steamer owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company, was built for service between the UK and India and later converted into a troopship. It was a hospital ship during the First World War until tragedy struck in October 1914.

Nov 2, 2014 · The First World War hospital ship Rohilla ran aground off the coast of Whitby, North Yorkshire, 100 years ago this week, but a dramatic rescue saw 144 crew and medical staff saved.

Jun 22, 2024 · Twelve men had died when the hospital ship ‘Rohilla’ was wrecked on rocks just south of Whitby on the Yorkshire coast. The men were all members of the St John Ambulance Brigade who had been called up when war broke out against Germany in 1914.

Rohilla was a British India passenger/cargo vessel requisitioned as a hospital ship in WW1. She was lost on 30 October 1914 on striking a reef at Saltwick Nab near Whitby during a storm. Despite heroic efforts to rescue those on board by several lifeboats, there was great loss of life.

Rohilla was a steamship of the British India Steam Navigation Company which ran aground in 1914 while serving as HMHS Rohilla (His Majesty's Hospital Ship Rohilla). The steamship was named Rohilla in honour of Rohillas, Afghan highlanders (Roh means mountains and Rohilla literally means...

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H.M.H.S. ROHILLA. Ship number 381, was launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, on the 6th September 1906. She was delivered to her new owners, The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited on the 17th November 1906, and …

My diving website with elements from my diving career, with GPS co-ordinates and information for popular wrecks off Whitby. A selection of gallery pages where I have been able to present not only own photographs but also images belonging to those that have helped me when writing my books. The former lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth.