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HOSPITAL SHIP

'Brighton' c1940

By John Quinton

This is scanned from a postcard sized black and white reproduction of a painting. My grandmother, whose husband was a ship's carpenter at Newhaven, gave me the card many years ago and on the back she has written "Hospital Ship 1939-41". The name on the bow of the ship is "Brighton" and the painting has been signed "T Mahoney Chief Off". The Brighton V was sunk at Dieppe in 1940 but can someone confirm she was a hospital ship at the time?

Photo: Illustrative image for the 'HOSPITAL SHIP' page

This page was added by John Quinton on 31/07/2011.

Comments about this page

She was indeed taken over by the Admiralty for use as a hospital ship. Newhaven Museum has a lot of information on this fine looking Denny-built steamer.

By Andy Gilbert
On 02/08/2011