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B u i l t b y B a r c l a y C u r l e & C o . G l a s g o w , L l a n d o v e r y Cas t l e was com- p l e t e d i n J a n u a r y 1 9 1 4 f o r t h e U n i o n - C a s t l e L i n e of L o n d o n . H e r gross t o n n a g e was 1 1 , 4 2 3 . S h e was t o s a i l i n t h e L o n d o n - E a s t A f - r i c a s e r v i c e a n d a c c o m m o d a t e d 4 2 9 i n t h r e e c l a s s e s .

From D e c e m b e r 1 9 1 5 u n t i l J u l y 1 9 1 6 , L l a n d o v e r y C a s t l e s e r v e d t h e B r i t i s h F o r c e s a s a t r o o p e r . O u r s t o r y , h o w e v e r , b e g i n s J a n u a r y 1 2 , 1 9 1 7 when s h e s a i l e d - f r o m s o u t h a m p t o n a s a h o s p i t a l s h i p ( 6 2 2 b e d s ) f o r S a l o n i k a , Greece, w i t h a s t o p o v e r s t Ma l t a . Upon r e a c h - i n g S a i o n i k a on J a n u a r y 2 3 , s h e d i s e m b a r k e d 1 6 n u r s i n g s i s ters a n d took o n 627 s i c k a n d w o u n d e d o f f i c e r s a n d men, a l o n g w i t h f o u r n u r s i n g s i s t e r s . L e a v i n g S a l o n i k a , t h e s h i p r e a c h e d Malta on March 1 , w h e r e d i s e m b a r k a t i o n was c o m p l e t e d 5 y 3 : 1 6 p . m .

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D u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d , o n J u l y 1 3 , t h e c o v e r p r e v i o u s l y i l l u s t r a t e d i n c o l o u r was p o s t e d a t B a s e Army P o s t O f f i c e X . T h e s h i p ' s o v a l m a r k - i n g ( i n m a u v e ) a n d c e n s o r s t a m p n u m b e r 4 5 1 6 ( i n g r e e n ) were a p p l i e d o n b o a r d . T h i s m a i l w o u l d h a v e g o n e o u t o n t ' h e n e x t a v a i l a b l e s h i p . B e c a u s e t h e "0 i / c R e c o r d s f 1 O f f i c e a t A l d e r s h o t , E n g l a n d h a d b e e n moved t o W o k i n g d u r i n g l a t e J u l y , t h e f f W o k i n g ' f r e d i r e c t i o n h a n d s t a m p was a p p l i e d i n r e d i n k . I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t h o s p i t a l s h i p s were - - - - - n o t a u t h o r i z e d t o - c a r r y - f i a i l a t a n y tihie. - - -

T h e f o u r t h v o y a g e f o r L l a n d o v e r y C a s t l e b e g a n o n A u g u s t 1 2 , 1917 a n d t o o k h e r t o A l e x a n d r i a , E g y p t , w h e r e 56 t o n s o f d e c e a s e d o f f i c e r s f b a g g a g e w a s t a , k e n o n b o a r d , a l o n g w i t h 2 2 o f f i c e r s a n d 325 o t h e r r a n k s f o r p a s s a g e t o E n g l a n d . T h e s h i p r e a c h e d G r a n d H a r b o u r , Val- e t t a , Malta o n A u g u s t 2 7 , w h e r e 1 5 o f f i c e r s a n d 1 5 2 s i c k a n d w o u n d e d o t h e r r a n k s w e r e e m b a r k e d . L e a v i n g Malta t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , t h e s h i p r e a c h e d A v o n m o u t h , E n g l a n d o n S e p t e m b e r 6 w h e r e d i s e m b a r k a t i o n was c o m p l e t e d .

I m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g t h e d u t i e s o u t l i n e d a b o v e , L l a n d o v e r y -. C a s t l e was c h a r g e d o u t t o t h e C a n a d i a n G o v e r n m e n t a s a h o s p i t a l s n i p . I t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t s h e c o m p l e t e d o n e v o y a g e t o C a n a d a d u r i n g ti.-!=. p e r i o d f rorn S e p t e m b e r 7 t o O c t o b e r 1 5 c a r r y i n g s i c k a n d wounde:! s 3 l d i e r s . I t i s p r o b a b l e t h a t , s n e r e p l a c e d H . M . H . S . L e t i t i a ~ h i e ? l T'?..T: a g r o u n d a n d was l o s t n e a r ! 4 3 l i f a x , Nova S c o t i a o n A u g u s t 1 , 1917 ~ i t h n o lsss o f L i f e . Frotrl rn i .d-Oct ,ober , L l a n d o v e r y C a s t l e c o m p l e t e c j f ' 6 ' j V i . v o y a g e s i ; ~ C a n a d a r q t u r n i n g , i n a l l , 3 , 2 2 3 p a t i e n t s t o t h e i r ? ! : ~ : ? , ? i : r ~ d .

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C o u l d t h e c e n s o r e d l e t t e r h a v e b e e n c o n v e y e d f r o m G o o s e Bay t o G a s p k a n d m a i l e d t h e r e ? T h i s seems v e r y u n l i k e l y f o r t w o r e a s o n s . F i r s t l y , t h e n o r m a l p r a c t i c e o f t h e p e r i o d was f o r l e t t e r s t o b e d e l i v e r e d u n - s e a l e d t o t h e c e n s o r who w o u l d d o h i s j o b , s e a l t h e l e t t e r , a n d d e - l i v e r i t d i r e c t t o t h e p o s t a l s e r v i c e i e . t h e p r o c e s s was d e s i g n e d t o e n s u r e t h a t a l e t t e r , o n c e c e n s o r e d , c o u l d n o t f i n d i t s way b a c k i n t o t h e s e n d e r ' s h a n d s f o r a l t e r a t i o n o r p r i v a t e t r a n s m i s s i o n . S e c o n d l y , G a s p 4 was a s e a s o n a l b a s e , w h i c h a c c o m m o d a t e d s e a p l a n e s a n d a f e w sma l l c o n v o y e s c o r t s h i p s . B o t h a i r a n d s ea o p e r a t i o n s c e a s e d when t h e G u l f o f S t . L a w r e n c e i c e d u p a n d n a v i g a t i o n s t o p p e d . T h i s was n o r - m a l l y e a r l y i n D e c e m b e r . H o w e v e r i n 1 9 4 3 , t h e RCAF d e t a c h m e n t was w i t h d r a w n o n O c t o b e r 3 1 . S o e v e n i f t h e c e n s o r e d l e t t e r e s z a p e d t h e MPO1s c l u t c h e s i n G o o s e B a y , t h e r e w a s n o o b v i o u s way f o r I t t o t r a v e l t o G a s p d a f t e r f r e e z e - u p . G a s p 6 was p r o t e c t e d b y t h e 1 0 5 t h C o a s t a l B a t t e r y (RCA), , a n d t h i s i s t h e o n l y c o m p l e t e Army u n i t i n t h e area a t t h i s t i m e . T h e r e c o u l d a l s o h a v e b e e n Army d e t a c h m e n t s a n d s u b - u n i t s , b u t I h a v e f o u n d n o r e c o r d o f t h e s e .

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