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| shipname = HMT Princess Victoria | | shipname = HMT Princess Victoria | ||
− | | shipowner = Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways | + | | shipowner = Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways, Stranraer |
| shipbuilder = William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton | | shipbuilder = William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton | ||
− | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 963 |
| shiplaunched = 22 Feb 1912 | | shiplaunched = 22 Feb 1912 | ||
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = 20 Apr 1912 |
| shipinservice = 1912 | | shipinservice = 1912 | ||
| shipoutofservice = 1934 | | shipoutofservice = 1934 | ||
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| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = Broken up at Stranraer, Scotland 1934 |
− | | shiptype = Steamer | + | | shiptype = Steamer |
| shiptonnage = 1,678 tons | | shiptonnage = 1,678 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength = 300.6 ft (91.59m) |
− | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 40.2 ft (12.24m) |
− | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 16.5 ft (5.0m) draft 13.5 ft (4.09m) |
− | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = |
| shipspeed = | | shipspeed = | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
+ | Pre-war the ''Princess Victoria'' operated as a Railway Ferry between Strarraer (Scotland) and Larne, Northern Ireland. | ||
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+ | In 1914 with the outbreak of war the ''Princess Victoria'' was requisitioned by the Admiralty to act as a Fleet Messenger, until 2 May 1915 when she was released back to her owners. However, it appears that she was then hired as a troop carrier used to transport men from southern English ports to France. | ||
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+ | Returned to her previos work, in 1923 her ownership changed wih the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, of Stranraer taking over her management until she was scrapped in 1934. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Latest revision as of 19:03, 12 October 2023
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Folkestone to Étaples 4 December 1916
- 2.2 Folkestone to France 20 December 1916
- 2.3 Folkestone to France 28 December 1916
- 2.4 Folkestone to France 16 January 1917
- 2.5 Folkestone to France 4 February 1917
- 2.6 Folkestone to France 8 February 1917
- 2.7 Folkestone to Boulogne 9 February 1916
- 2.8 Folkestone to France 15 February 1917
- 2.9 Le Havre, France to England 22 April 1917
Remarks
Pre-war the Princess Victoria operated as a Railway Ferry between Strarraer (Scotland) and Larne, Northern Ireland.
In 1914 with the outbreak of war the Princess Victoria was requisitioned by the Admiralty to act as a Fleet Messenger, until 2 May 1915 when she was released back to her owners. However, it appears that she was then hired as a troop carrier used to transport men from southern English ports to France.
Returned to her previos work, in 1923 her ownership changed wih the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, of Stranraer taking over her management until she was scrapped in 1934.
Soldiers carried
Folkestone to Étaples 4 December 1916
Folkestone to France 20 December 1916
Folkestone to France 28 December 1916
Folkestone to France 16 January 1917
- † Thomas Denteith
- Edward Hobson
- Daniel Adkins Lewis
- Thomas William Moore
- Leonard George Morgan
- William Bertie Claude Moulden
- Hartland Wheare Richards
- Arthur Swindlehurst MM
- Ernest Charles Thomas
- Hartland Wheare Richards