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1916(Sep 8) PPC Rothesay Castle to Mrs A. Twiner, S.B. Staff, HOSPITAL SHIP “SOUDAN” bearing GV ½d tied Rothesay wavy line machine datestamp & redirected to Shaw, Oldham with circular 8 Bar Naval mute cancel applied for redirection…The Soudan was originally owned by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and used for commercial service and Indian trooping. In 1914, it was commissioned as a Royal Navy hospital ship and served in the Mediterranean, including the Gallipoli campaign.She had capacity to accommodate 202 cases with another 100 beds in time of emergency Returned to her owners in 1919 and sold to Japan for scrap in 1925.