The Glenart castle (I'll call it GC from now on) was originally built as a passenger steam ship SS Galacian she was a named to GC in 1914 and given a hospital ship refit and paint this included a green stripe and Red Cross pattern that had to be illuminated BT red and green lights at night (yes like a Christmas tree) hospital ships were strictly for no military use such as troop and munitions carriers this was decided by BRITISH and German admirals at the start of the war unfortunately in the later part of the war the Germans evolved a fire at everything that moves thing and started attacking hospital ships. 26th of February 1918 GC sails from Newport Wales into the Bristol channel a fisherman says he saw the ship all lights lit up for a hospital ship. At 04:00 GC a was hit by a German torpedo fired by UC-56 in the no.3 hold the blast destroyed most of her lifeboats in the 8 minuets it took GC to sink only 7 lifeboats were launched rough seas capsized most boats and only a few made it out with survivors 162 people were killed evidence was found that the submarine crew shot survivors in the water one body was found with bullet wounds under his life jacket many more were the same the commander of UC-56 Kapitänleutenant wielhim kiesewetter was imprisoned in the tower of london after the war when he tried to flee when he was scentences with war crime the sinking of GC a was the worst shipping disaster ever in the Bristol channel and has remained a War crime