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History
Name HMT Golden Eagle
Builder/Built 1909 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank
Type Steal Paddle Steamer
Displacement 793 tons


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.

List of soldiers carried