For more than 150 years, the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital provided medical care to seafarers in London. The hospital began life as a decrepit wooden warship, moored in the River Thames at Greenwich and converted into a 'floating hospital'. The 'Dreadnought', 104 Guns, At present Lying off Greenwich For The Seamen's Hospital (PAD6061, © National Maritime Museum) From 1821-1870 it provided medical care to sailors from all across the world. After 1870 the hospital transferred to dry land, but it continued to treat seafarers in Greenwich until its closure in 1986. From accidents at sea to tropical diseases, minor injuries to major trauma, the Seamen's Hospital faced every type of medical issue known in the Port of London. That means that the hospital admissions data has much to tell us about who exactly the patients were, the dangers seafarers faced and the treatments they were offered. These records are held at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library. However, we want to open them up to make them available online for everyone. Image Next steps After two years and three months, our fantastic volunteers have transcribed over one hundred years of medical data from the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. Now it's over to us. We will be working to clean, format and standardise this data so that it can be made fully available to the public. Updates will be posted here, so please do keep an eye on this page. Project updates Read more about the project and learn more about research at Royal Museums Greenwich. 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Are you able to join our transcription project and help to unearth more? 03 Jul 2023 Lascars in the port of London Discover some of the surprising entries discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 11 May 2023 A hospital for seafarers in Cardiff and an internee from HMS Timbertown Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 05 Apr 2023 A lesser-known Melville, below decks on the Dreadnought in 1851 and a Guernsey-born seafarer Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 08 Mar 2023 A curious kind of button, more wartime casualties and miscreants in the neighbourhood Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 06 Feb 2023 Smallpox epidemics, long-stay patients and military casualties Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 06 Dec 2022 Shipwreck survivors and caisson sickness: stories from the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital Registers Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. 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