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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		Photo Gallery Troopships - HMT Dorsetshire HMT Dorsetshire Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1920 as a Bibby Line freighter she was converted to trooping in 1927 at Barrow in Furness. She was sister ship to HMT Shropshire. In 1934 she could carry as many as 1404 troops, and was equipped with lifeboats for a total of 1934 souls. She was converted to a hospital ship in 1939 and remained in service until 1948 when she was refurbished and became a migrant ship. In 1953 she carried her last troops from Liverpool to Korea. Scrapped in 1954. Accession Number: KO2922/17 HMT Dorsetshire. On the rear of the card is marked “Southampton to Egypt, Feb 1933” His Majesty’s Troopship Dorsetshire. CSM Stanley Humphreys Collection. Accession Number: KO3111/98 Postcard sent from HMT Dorsetshire Accession Number: KO3012/01 Soldiers on the deck of a troopship. On the photograph is written “1935 Troopship ‘Going Out East’ Somersetshire, 1935” and “HMS Dorsetshire March 1939” Accession Number: KO3089/13 Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.