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| shipowner = HMT Princesse Clementine
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| shipbuilder = Hoboken, Belgium
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| shiplaunched = October 1896
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| shipcompleted = 1897
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| shipinservice = 1897
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| shipoutofservice = 1923
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| shipfate = broken up in 1928
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| shiptype = Mild steel built Paddle Steamer
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| shiptonnage = 1,474 tons
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| shiplength = 324 ft 3in
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| shipbeam =  37ft 8i
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| shipdepth = 14ft 2in
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| shippropulsion = 2 x side paddle wheels
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| shipspeed = 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 700 passengers
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==Remarks==
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Could carry 700 passengers in luxurious state rooms and cabins between Ostend and Dover.  
  
  
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At the outbreak of war it operated from Ostend and Dover, but with German occupation of much of Belgium, she moved to operated out of Folkestone. The Belgium War Office then lent her to the British War Government in May 1915, and she spent the rest of the war transporting troops to France from Folkestone and Southampton. She also carried out hospital ship duties when required.
|  data3  = 1897 Hoboken, Belgium
 
  
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At the conclussion of hostilities she returned to commercial operation until 1923 when she was placed in reserve, before being eventually broken up in France during 1928
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==Remarks==
 
Could carry 700 passengers in luxurious state rooms and cabins.  Operated out of Folkestone by the Belgium War Office.
 
Some of her time was spent as a troop carrier and some as a Hospital Ship.
 
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Folkestone to France 21 December 1916==
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===Folkestone to France 21 December 1916===
*[[Joseph Clough]]
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* [[Joseph Clough]]
*[[Harold Empsall]]
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* [[William Francis Cohn]]
*[[William Henry Gibbs]]
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* [[Harold Empsall]]
*[[Frederick Hobbs]]
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* [[William Henry Gibbs]]
*[[Joseph Reginald Jones]]
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* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
*[[Osborne King]]
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* [[Joseph Reginald Jones]]
*[[William Edward McKenna]]
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* [[Osborne King]]
*[[Bertram Ernest Powell]]
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* [[William Edward McKenna]]
*[[Egbert Robert Trethowan Reeves]]
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* [[Bertram Ernest Powell]]
*[[Frederick William Thornton]]
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* [[Egbert Robert Trethowan Reeves]]
*[[Theodore (Cecil) Charles Turner]]
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* [[Frederick William Thornton]]
*[[Arthur John Verrall]]
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* [[Theodore (Cecil) Charles Turner]]
*[[Cyril Arthur Woodland]]
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* [[Arthur John Verrall]]
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* [[Cyril Arthur Woodland]]
  
==Folkestone to France 28 December 1916==
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===Folkestone to France 28 December 1916===
*[[Jim Anderson]]
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* [[Jim Anderson]]
*[[James Willie Bush]]
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* [[James Willie Bush]]
*[[Robert George McLean]]
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* [[Robert George McLean]]
*[[James Strachan]]
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* [[James Strachan]]
*[[Henry Albert Thorp]]
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* [[Henry Albert Thorp]]
  
==Folkestone to France 16 January 1917==
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===Folkestone to France 16 January 1917===
*[[Tom Baxter Joyce]]
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* [[Tom Baxter Joyce]]
*[[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
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* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
  
==Folkestone to France 23 January 1917==
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===Folkestone to France 23 January 1917===
*[[John Whittaker]]
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* [[John Whittaker]]
  
==Folkestone to France 24 January 1917==
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===Folkestone to France 24 January 1917===
*[[Alexander Dowle]]
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* [[Alexander Dowle]]
*[[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
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* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
  
==Folkestone to France 2 February 1917==
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===Folkestone to France 2 February 1917===
*[[Lionel William Gibbs]]
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* [[Lionel William Gibbs]]
  
==Folkestone to France 21 December 1917==
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===Folkestone to France 21 December 1917===
*[[Bertram Ernest Powell]]
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* [[Bertram Ernest Powell]]
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 5 November 2021

HMT Princesse Clementine
HMT Princesse Clementine.jpg
HMT Princesse Clementine 1.jpg
History
Owner HMT Princesse Clementine
Builder Hoboken, Belgium
Launched October 1896
Completed 1897
In service 1897
Out of service 1923
Fate broken up in 1928
General characteristics
Type Mild steel built Paddle Steamer
Tonnage 1,474 tons
Length 324 ft 3in
Beam 37ft 8i
Depth 14ft 2in
Propulsion 2 x side paddle wheels
Speed 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
Capacity 700 passengers



Remarks

Could carry 700 passengers in luxurious state rooms and cabins between Ostend and Dover.


At the outbreak of war it operated from Ostend and Dover, but with German occupation of much of Belgium, she moved to operated out of Folkestone. The Belgium War Office then lent her to the British War Government in May 1915, and she spent the rest of the war transporting troops to France from Folkestone and Southampton. She also carried out hospital ship duties when required.


At the conclussion of hostilities she returned to commercial operation until 1923 when she was placed in reserve, before being eventually broken up in France during 1928


Soldiers carried

Folkestone to France 21 December 1916

Folkestone to France 28 December 1916

Folkestone to France 16 January 1917

Folkestone to France 23 January 1917

Folkestone to France 24 January 1917

Folkestone to France 2 February 1917

Folkestone to France 21 December 1917