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That evening the vessel evacuated its first load of casualties and began service as a hospital ship. After the first wave of troops landed SS DEVANHA steamed up the coast as a feint to draw enemy fire. This portion of the beach was under direct machine-gun fire, apparently coming from the lower slopes of Walker's Ridge or perhaps further north from the vicinity of Fisherman's Hut. The landing position was almost at the extreme north (or left) of the Divisional front, at the foot of the well-known landmark on Russell's Top known as 'The Sphinx'. This landing was part of the initial wave and was timed to arrive at the beach at about 4.30 am. The life boats from HMS RIBBLE landed on the beach around the point from Anzac Cove. They headed toward the landing beaches with the six other destroyers, all similarly loaded.

Five minutes before midnight, HMS RIBBLE, with its decks crowded, left the transport towing behind it SS DEVANHA's empty lifeboats. The historian Charles Bean noted that: 'The night was so still that the Devanha's captain ordered 'Lower the Gangway.' Down this the troops ('A' Coy, 3rd Fld Amb and H.Q) filed on to the destroyer's deck in half the time that had been required with the rope ladders on which they had practiced for nearly two months. As SS DEVANHA carried only one company of the 12th, some medical officers, stretcher-bearers and others of the 3rd Field Ambulance and the 3rd Infantry Brigade Head Quarters only one destroyer, the HMS RIBBLE, came alongside the ship. At 11pm the order was given for the troops to move into six destroyers, which had moved up on either side of their respective transports. SS DEVANHA was A5 in the convoy, Berth 4 of the Echelon landing force.

On 25 April at 2pm the ship sailed from Mudros Harbour and proceeded to the Island of Imbros, anchoring off Kephalos Harbour. It was used by 12 Battalion AIF, 3 Field Ambulance and 3 Infantry Brigade Head Quarters during the landings at Gallipoli in 1915. It served as both a troop transport ship (HMT) and later hospital ship (HMHS). SS DEVANHA was then known as Troopship A3, and sailed to the Mediterranean to take part in the landings at Gallipoli to open up a new front in the European theatre. As with other requisitioned vessels it continued to be manned by the normal peacetime P&O officers and crews. After the outbreak of war in 1914 it was pressed into military service in 1915. Registered on 31 January 1906, the ship was placed on the UK to India and Far East run for nine years.

SS DEVANHA was built in 1905-6 by Caird and Co, Greenock, for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). During the Gallipoli landing the boats each carried over 30 soldiers with their equipment and were rowed to shore. The boat can be propelled using either oars or rowlocks mounted on the gunwale, or by mast and sail. There are four cross thwarts at the deck level.

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This is boxed in with tongue and groove boards which run down to the internal frames in the bilge, and inside this structure are a series of copper sheet flotation tanks, lining the interior space. Within the hull there is a narrow deck 200mm below the sheer. It is framed and has a heavy keelson over the frames. Choose Your Difficulty: Three difficulty settings let you customize the emergency to suit your playstyle.Description The lifeboat is built with clinker construction and has twenty planks on each side. In addition to many hours of extremely addictive gameplay, this pack includes three game campaigns, ten new reimagined missions and a multiplayer mode.Įmbark on a journey spanning 20 years of EMERGENCY history and experience 10 classic missions with the benefits of modernized graphics and gameplay. Because it is never possible to predict at what point an unexpected disaster will ruin your plans.įor those who are new to EMERGENCY 20, this edition is the ideal starting point. As an incident commander, you will need to make the best use of your limited resources and be alert at all times. Many different divisions from four branches - fire service, ambulance, police and technical divisions - await your orders.ĭecide in real time where it is best to deploy your units and which tasks need to be addressed first. Stay cool and coordinate rescue teams in thrilling real-time missions ranging from petty hooliganism to dangerous nuclear explosions.

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