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| Name | HMT Golden Eagle |
| Builder/Built | 1909 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
| Type | Steal Paddle Steamer |
| Displacement | 793 tons |
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Remarks
Built for The General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. Used for troop transport during WW1.
In Jan 1940 she was requisitioned as an anti-aircraft ship for the Dunkirk evacuation. Later used as an accommodation ship, before returning to its owners in June 1945.
Laid up 1949, and broken up in 1951.
Soldiers carried
Folkestone to Étaples 11 November 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 10 December 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 17 December 1916
Folkestone to Étaples 25 February 1917
- Benjamin Jones
- John Arthur Patterson MM
- Thomas Ramsell
- Thomas Edward Tyrell Marshall Post WW1 men
- James Thomson MM