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Glenart Castle

In or near Clovelly.

Glenart Castle — 1900 liner used as a hospital ship.

Glenart Castle

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About

Glenart Castle is a memorial in south west. (1900 liner used as a hospital ship.) According to Wikipedia: "HMHS Glenart Castle was a steamship originally built as Galician in 1900 for the Union-Castle Line. She was renamed Glenart Castle in 1914, but was requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War. On 26 February 1918, she was hit and sunk by a torpedo fired from the German U-boat UC-56."

Coordinates
51.0185, -4.5253

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