1914 Belgium HS Pieter de Coninck Ocean Liner, WWI Troop Transport PM PC for Sale

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1914 Belgium HS Pieter de Coninck Ocean Liner, WWI Troop Transport PM PC For Sale

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1914 Belgium HS Pieter de Coninck Ocean Liner, WWI Troop Transport PM PC:
$10.50

A circa 1914 Belgium HS Pieter de ConinckOcean Liner postmarked postcard. The Pieter du Coninck was a troop ship betweenEngland and Belgium during World War I. Thepostcard has a little corner we and is in nice condition with no tears orcreases.

The postcard is 5 ½ x 3 1/2 inchesacross in size. Pleasesee the other vintage items I have listed on .Thanks forlooking.

The Pieter de Coninck was owned by the Belgium Government\'s railwayservice (Regie voor Maritiem Transport) and operated a cross channel service toDover from Ooustende. With the outbreak of war it began a service to Dover, andlater Folkestone. On 6 Oct 1914 it carried Belgium officials to Dover to escapeGerman occupation, followed by other evacuees to Dover between 10 and 12 Oct1914. Finally it carried Belgium Government Ministers to Le Havre.

On 18 Dec 1915 the Pieter de Coninck began providing a Hospital shipservice from Calais to the UK. Her management taken over by the British inFebruary 1917, she continued as a hospital ship based in Dover, transportinglarge numbers of wounded in one direction and troops in the other until 28 Mar1919, having completed 292 trips. It was staffed by 4 Medical Officers, oneWarrant Officer, 4 Nursing Sisters and 26 other ranks, and could transport 387casualties at a time - 19 officers, 38 in cots and 320 in berths. Following theend of hostilities she assisted with the repatriation of British troops.

Handed back to her owners on 29 Mar 1919, on 19 Jun 1919 she resumed theOstende to Dover service and continued to do so until she was withdrawn inNovember 1931. In 1932 she was broken up at Simopn\'s Scheepssloperij, Pernis,Holand.