SS Princess Henriette

SS Princess Henriette

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History
Name	SS Princess Henrietta
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Launched	1888
General characteristics
Type	Channel Ferry (Paddle steamer)
Propulsion	2 x side paddle wheels
Speed	21 knots

Remarks

Built for the Belgium Government, the Princess Henriette was the last ship to leave a Belgium port before England declared war on Germany. With 1,200 aboard she left Ostend and arrived in Dover on 3 Sep 1914.

During the war she acted as a troopship based at Folkestone, and sailing back and forth over the English Channel.

Soldiers carried

Folkestone to France 2 November 1916

• † David Edward Bromley
• Ernest Henry Chisholm
• Herbert Dunbar Cousens
• Paul Henzell Hemy
• † Reginald Peter Lewis
• † Frederick James Powell
• John Henry Wilkinson

Folkestone to France 3 November 1916

• Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis

Folkestone to France 28 November 1916

• Charles Fielder
• Sidney Herrick Carter
• † George Andrew King
• † Joseph Scott
• † William Paul (Layton) Walton

Folkestone to France 14 December 1916

• George Edward Binns
• Walter Hayward

Folkestone to Étaples 2 January 1917

• † Mark D'Esterre Brady
• George Turner

Folkestone to Étaples 8 January 1917

• Norman Alfred Constantine

Folkestone to Étaples 16 January 1917

• † Thomas Joseph Sheehan