Canadian Army Medical Corps Hospital Ships

In the work of evacuating the sick and wounded to Canada, the Canadian Army Medical Corps employed 5 hospital ships, which made an aggregate of 42 voyages. The names of the vessels, number of voyages made, and number of patients carried were as follows:

	Voyages	Patients
Araguaya	20	15,324
Essequibo	9	5,106
Llandovery Castle	5	3,223
Letitia	5	2,635
Neuralia	3	1,950
Total	42	28,238

In addition 5 voyages were made by as many transports carrying 2,369 convalescent patients.

Primary source: Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-19 : The Medical Services

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