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Thursday, 12 September 2019

Russian hospital ship Cranley arrived at Singapore according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 22 May 1905

An item reported the arrival of the British steamship Cranly which was chartered by Russia to be used as hospital ship.(1) On board were almost 1.000 passengers almost all sick or wounded. The Cranley was underway from Shanghai and Tsingtao towards Odessa.

Note
1. At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905) going on.