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| name          = HMT Princess Victoria
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| shipname =  HMT Princess Victoria
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| shipowner = Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways, Stranraer
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| shipbuilder = William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
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| shipyardnumber = 963
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| shiplaunched = 22 Feb 1912
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| shipcompleted = 20 Apr 1912
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| shipinservice = 1912
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| shipoutofservice = 1934
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| shipfate = Broken up at Stranraer, Scotland 1934
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| shiptype = Steamer
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| shiptonnage = 1,678 tons
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| shiplength = 300.6 ft (91.59m)
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| shipbeam = 40.2 ft (12.24m)
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| shipdepth = 16.5 ft (5.0m)  draft 13.5 ft (4.09m)
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==Remarks==
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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.
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==Soldiers carried==
  
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===Folkestone to Étaples 4 December 1916===
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* [[Edward Bailey]]
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* [[Richard Beattie]]
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* † [[Albert Victor Berry]]
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* [[John Goffin]]
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* [[William Simpson]]
  
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===Folkestone to France 20 December 1916===
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* [[William James Allen]]
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* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]]
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* [[Wilfred George Bettenay]]
  
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===Folkestone to France 28 December 1916===
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* † [[Ernest James Mead]]
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* [[Leonard George Morgan]]
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* † [[Samuel James Verrier]]
  
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===Folkestone to France 16 January 1917===
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* † [[Thomas Denteith]]
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* [[Edward Hobson]]
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* [[Daniel Adkins Lewis]]
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* [[Thomas William Moore]]
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* [[Leonard George Morgan]]
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* [[William Bertie Claude Moulden]]
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* [[Hartland Wheare Richards]]
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* [[Arthur Swindlehurst MM]]
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* [[Ernest Charles Thomas]]
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* [[Hartland Wheare Richards]]
  
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===Folkestone to France 4 February 1917===
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* [[Ellis Henry Hill]]
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* [[Ernest (Roy) William Sladden]]
  
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===Folkestone to France 8 February 1917===
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* [[Claude Robert Marsh]]
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* [[Herbert Fuhrmann]]
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* [[John Edmond Rhodes]]
  
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===Folkestone to Boulogne 9 February 1916===
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* [[Edward William Tink]]
  
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==Remarks==
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===Folkestone to France 15 February 1917===
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* [[Alexander Donald]]
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* [[Patrick Francis Fitzgerald]]
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* [[John Edmond Rhodes]]
  
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Owned by the Stranraer Line, scrapped in 1934.
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===Le Havre, France to England 22 April 1917===
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* [[William Simpson]]
  
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==List of soldiers carried==
 
  
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[[Edward Bailey]]<br />[[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 12 October 2023

HMT Princess Victoria
HMT Princess Victoria.jpg
HMT Princess Victoria 1.jpg
History
Name HMT Princess Victoria
Owner Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways, Stranraer
Builder William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton
Yard number 963
Launched 22 Feb 1912
Completed 20 Apr 1912
In service 1912
Out of service 1934
Fate Broken up at Stranraer, Scotland 1934
General characteristics
Type Steamer
Tonnage 1,678 tons
Length 300.6 ft (91.59m)
Beam 40.2 ft (12.24m)
Depth 16.5 ft (5.0m) draft 13.5 ft (4.09m)



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

Folkestone to France 4 February 1917

Folkestone to France 8 February 1917

Folkestone to Boulogne 9 February 1916

Folkestone to France 15 February 1917

Le Havre, France to England 22 April 1917

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