Q: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Sentence 1:Thus the Greenwich Hospital switched from the care of ex-members of the Royal Navy to those of the Merchant Navy . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , the Dreadnought remained in use as isolation accommodation until 1872 .
A:
meanwhile