St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
HMS St. James (D65) HMS St. James (D65) HMS "St. James" was a of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of St. James Day which took place in 1666. "St. James" was built by Fairfields at Govan. She was launched on 7 June 1945 and commissioned on 12 July 1946. In 1946, "St. James" joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Home Fleet. On 25 August 1946, while undergoing calibration trials off the Isle of Portland, she accidentally hit and sank the tug "Buccaneer" with a 4.5-inch shell, while aiming at the target "Buccaneer" was towing. "St. James"s