The  s.s.  Aj'undel  and  Brighton  were  fitted  out  as  troopships.,,  and  in-,  the
coiirse  of,  969  voyages  across  the  Channel,  the  ArundeL  carried  657,816a
officers  and  men.  The  Brighton  was  afterwards  converted  into  a-hospital
and  ambulance  ship,  and  in  that  service  has  made  973  voyages  and  con-
veyed. 122,636  sick  and  wounded  men.  The  Brighton  also  conveyed  his
Majesty  in  1914  from  Newhaven  to  Dieppe,  and  subsequently  the  Presi-
dent of  the  U.S.A.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  both  ways  between  Dover  and-  Calais
on  the  occasion  of  their  visit  to  this  country.
The  Dieppe  was  engaged  in  the  first  place  as  a  transport  from  New-
haven to  Rouen,  Havre,  Boulogne,  Calais,  Dunkirk,  Ostend,  Zeebrugge
and  Bruges,  in  which  service  she  carried  stores,  ammunition  and  occa-
sionally troops.  She  was  aiterwards  fitted  out-  as  a  hospital  ship,  and
subsequently  converted  into-  a  troopship,,  and  in  that  capacity  conveyed
459,636  troops  across  the  Channel.
The  France  became  a  troopship,  working  from  Southampton,  Dover
and  FoUcestome,,  and  in,  the-  course  of.  this  service  conveyed  207,319
troops.
The  Mewhaven  was  employed  by  the  Freach.  Admiralrty  during  the
early  part  of  the  war,  and  was  thea  transferred,  to.  the  English  Admir-
alty, by  whom,  she  was  fitted  out  as  a  hospital  skip..     In  this  service


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she  was  engaged  until  the  autumn  of  1918,  when  she  was  converted  into
a  troopship.     Altogether  she  made  over  1,000  voyages.
