Hospital ship El-Nil

Built 1916 7590 GWT as Marie Woermann for Woermann Lines Germany
1917 renamed as Wadai and went to Holland as war reparations 1919-20
1921 sold to Rotterdam Lloyd and renamed Tjerimi
1933 sold to Egypt and renamed El-Nil
1940 chartered as troopship by Britain El-Nil 7690 GWT
1943 converted to hospital ship El-Nil used to 1950
1951 sold to Pan Islamic SS Co. Karachi renamed Safina-e-Murad

Picture of El-Nil as Tjerimi ca 1925 ( click on Tjerimi )

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Ron